The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt

The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt by Sebastiano Ricci

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 209 x 142 cm (82 5/16 x 55 7/8 in.) framed: 236.2 x 170.8 cm (93 x 67 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CIS-B

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2003.85.1

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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