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Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)
The Death of Coronis c. 1720
Black chalk, pen and ink and wash | 14.3 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 907005
Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)
The Death of Coronis c. 1720
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A pen and ink and wash drawing of two female figures gesturing towards the sky, one with an arrow in her breast. Inscribed on the verso: No. 44 JS. The figure appears in a drawing of a larger composition in an album of Ricci drawings in the Accademia, Venice (page 84), in which the subject is identified as Apollo killing Coronis, told by Ovid (Metamorphoses, II, 542-611).
Provenance
Consul Joseph Smith; acquired by George III in 1762
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Medium and techniques
Black chalk, pen and ink and wash
Measurements
14.3 x 19.0 cm (sheet of paper)
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