Two Men Penitent in the Wilderness
Marco Ricci
1730
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 24.8 x 35 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 25 x 35.2 cm (9 13/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2001.26.1
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...