A study of a boy c. 1728

Black chalk, pen and ink and wash | 20.4 x 12.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 907122

Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)

Description

A black chalk, pen and ink and grey wash drawing of a standing male figure. A study for Ricci's painted cartoon for the mosaic decoration of the façade of S. Marco, Venice, showing the Arrival of the Body of St Mark. The paintings are now in the Antichiesetta, Palazzo Ducale. Other drawings for the project are RCINs 907115-7, 907139-40.
People involved

Creator(s)

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

Medium and techniques

Black chalk, pen and ink and wash

pen and ink, black chalk, wash

Measurements

20.4 x 12.9 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL 7122

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) 325

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