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Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)
A traveller and beggars c. 1710-30
Pen and dark brown ink | 23.1 x 36.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905847
Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)
A traveller and beggars c. 1710-30
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A drawing of a mountain landscape in the foreground of which a man on horseback leans with an extended arm towards a child whose parents are closeby. On low flat land in the middle distance a path winds towards a town towered over by mountains.
Related, in reverse, to an engraving by Fossato (XXIV Tabulae, No. iii).Provenance
Probably acquired in 1762 by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice
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Medium and techniques
Pen and dark brown ink
Measurements
23.1 x 36.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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