Biblical Scene [verso]

Biblical Scene [verso] by Sebastiano Ricci

Medium

graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 28.3 x 18.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.172.1.b

About the Artist

Sebastiano Ricci · 16591734

Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) was born in Belluno, in the Venetian Republic, and received his early training in Venice, where he was apprenticed at age twelve to the Milanese painter Federico Cervelli. Some accounts identify Sebastiano Mazzoni as his first master. A youthful scandal involving an unintended pregnancy and a charge of attempted poisoning led to imprisonment in 1678, from which he was ...

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