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Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)

Haymaking c. 1720-30

Pen and brown wash | 38.0 x 52.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 991148

Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-Venice 1730)

Haymaking 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 an undulating landscape with intermittent wooded areas: with three figures on a mound in the foreground, left, and others cutting hay and loading a haywagon on the right.

A similar hayload with a man standing on it occurrs in an engraving by Giampiccoli (Raccolta, pl. 10)

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

38.0 x 52.0 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL O : Royal Library "O" Number Register – RL O1148

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) 147

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