Who created "Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk"?

Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk was created by John Baptist Jackson|Marco Ricci in 1744.

Is "Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk" in the public domain?

Yes, Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk

John Baptist Jackson|Marco Ricci

1744

Medium

Woodcut

Dimensions

16 5/16 x 22 13/16 in. (41.5 x 58 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

Accession Number

26.48.3

Tags

ObelisksRuinsLandscapes

Art Historical Context

Behold the grandeur of *Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk* (1744), a striking woodcut collaboration between Venetian landscape painter Marco Ricci and master printmaker John Baptist Jackson. Ricci's design evokes the dramatic "heroic" landscapes popular in 18th-century Europe, blending vast vistas, ancient ruins, and an imposing obelisk—symbols of antiquity and timeless power. Riders gather at a watering place amid rugged terrain, capturing a sense of epic journey and classical reverie, reminiscent of capriccios that romanticized ruins. Printed as a large-scale woodcut...

Heroic Landscape with Watering Place, Riders, and Obelisk

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