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Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)
A landscape with a hermit reading c. 1710-30
Pen and brown wash | 38.7 x 57.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 991139
Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)
A landscape with a hermit reading c. 1710-30
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A drawing of a landscape with trees in the foreground, left, beneath which a hermit sits reading; in the middle distance a man with cattle, and buildings beyond. A similar hermit figure appears in RCIN 905838, but in a different setting.
Engraved in reverse by Bartolozzi (Calabi and de Vesme, 2480).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 brown wash
Measurements
38.7 x 57.5 cm (sheet of paper)
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