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Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)

The Virgin and Child appearing to St Bruno c. 1725 - c. 1730

Black chalk, pen and ink and wash | 23.4 x 16.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 907022

The Virgin and Child appearing to St Bruno

Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)

The Virgin and Child appearing to St Bruno c. 1725 - c. 1730

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Description

A black chalk and pen and ink drawing of a painting on an altar. Inscribed on the verso: No. 54 JS. A study for Ricci's altarpiece of the Virgin and Child appearing to St Bruno in the Certosa di Vedana, Belluno, painted c. 1725-30. In the finished painting the composition is reversed, and the lunette of God the Father only appears in the drawing.

Provenance

Consul Joseph Smith; acquired by George III in 1762
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection Consul Joseph Smith (1674-1770)

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

Medium and techniques

Black chalk, pen and ink and wash

pen and ink, black chalk, wash

Measurements

23.4 x 16.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL 7022

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) 215

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