Plate 4: landscape with man leading a pack horse across a wooden bridge, three figures in right foreground, the silhouette of a man standing at a fence beyond, from 'Landscapes'
1723–30
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 12 11/16 × 17 1/16 in. (32.2 × 43.4 cm) Sheet: 13 11/16 × 20 1/2 in. (34.8 × 52.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.856
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching, created between 1723 and 1730 by Marco Ricci in collaboration with Carlo Orsolini, forms Plate 4 from the series *Landscapes*. The scene captures a tranquil rural moment: a man guides a pack horse across a wooden bridge, while three figures converse in the right foreground and a lone silhouette stands at a distant fence. Rendered in the delicate lines of etching, the composition emphasizes the harmony between human activity and the natural environment, inviting viewers to pause and appreciate the everyday rhythms of the countryside. Etchings like this one played a vital role in ...
About the Artist
Marco Ricci|Carlo Orsolini · 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...