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Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)

St Romualdus 1729

Black chalk, pen and ink and wash | 23.0 x 16.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 907129

Sebastiano Ricci (Belluno 1659-Venice 1734)

St Romualdus 1729

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A pen and ink and grey wash drawing of a saint in front of a crucifix, with a heavenly dove. A preparatory study for a painting of St Romualdus (c. 951-1027) formerly in the church of the Camaldolese, Turin. The painting disappeared by 1835 and is known through an engraving published in Venice by J. Wagner.

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)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Saint Romualdus
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Black chalk, pen and ink and wash

pen and ink, black chalk, wash

Measurements

23.0 x 16.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL 7129

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) 345

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