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Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)

A mill and a waterfall c. 1720-30

Pen and brown ink | 27.0 x 39.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905841

A mill and a waterfall

Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)

A mill and a waterfall c. 1720-30

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of a landscape with a path leading from the foreground up to the right, over a bridge towards a watermill. A river cascades over rocks on the right.

Provenance

Probably acquired in 1762 by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George III, King of the United Kingdom (1738-1820)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pen and brown ink

Measurements

27.0 x 39.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Architecture
Secular architecture
Factories
Mills
Watermills
References

Other number(s)

RL 5841

B(V) : Blunt, A.F., 'Venetian Drawings' in Blunt, A.F., and Croft Murray, E., 1957. Venetian Drawings of XVII, XVIII Centuries in the Collection of HM The Queen at Windsor Castle, London – B(V) 132

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