Cattle and Figures at a Farmyard Stream
Marco Ricci
1651 to 1700
Medium
etching on blue laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.2 x 43.4 cm (11 1/2 x 17 1/16 in.) sheet: 35.7 x 48.7 cm (14 1/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1983.82.1
About the Artist
Marco Ricci · 1676–1730
Marco Ricci (1676–1730) was born on June 6 in Belluno, in the Republic of Venice, into a family steeped in artistic tradition as the nephew of the renowned Baroque painter Sebastiano Ricci. He received his first instruction in art from his uncle, likely during a period in Milan from 1694 to 1696, before accompanying Sebastiano to Venice in 1696, from which he soon fled amid personal troubles. Ricc...