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Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)

The watering place c. 1720-30

Pen and brown wash | 38.1 x 57.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 991143

The watering place

Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)

The watering place c. 1720-30

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of a landscape with a pond in the foreground at which cattle are drinking beneath trees on the right, and two women are washing clothes. There are farm buildings behind a fence in the middle distance.

Provenance

Probably acquired in 1762 by George III from the collection of Joseph Smith, British consul in Venice
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)
(artist)

Acquirer(s)

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

Medium and techniques

Pen and brown wash

Measurements

38.1 x 57.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Geography
Physiography
Ponds
Science, Medicine and Technology
Agriculture and related techniques
Animal husbandry
Cattle & oxen
References

Other number(s)

RL O : Royal Library "O" Number Register – RL O1143

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) 154

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