Live Auction 21605The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 2 | Old Master, 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Day Sale
MARCO RICCI (BELLUNO 1676-1730 VENICE)
Lot 149

MARCO RICCI (BELLUNO 1676-1730 VENICE)

Two capricci landscapes: A man and a woman by a stream with a farmhouse in the background (i); Farmers and cattle by a river (ii)

Closed21 October 2022

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MARCO RICCI (BELLUNO 1676-1730 VENICE)
Two capricci landscapes: A man and a woman by a stream with a farmhouse in the background (i); Farmers and cattle by a river (ii)
(i) watercolor and bodycolor
(ii) watercolor and bodycolor, on kidskin
(i) 11 1/2 x 17 7/8 in. (29.2 x 45.4 cm.)
(ii) 12 5/8 x 18 1/4 in. (32.2 x 46 cm.)
(2)

with Hobhouse, Ltd., London.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

Nephew of the painter Sebastiano Ricci, Marco Ricci probably started his career in his uncle’s workshop in Venice. It has been suggested that he may have learned painting in tempera on kidskin in England during a stay with his uncle around 1712-1716. Scenes of everyday life in the countryside, with farmers and shepherds looking after their livestock, are common in Ricci’s work. He treated similar subjects not only in gouaches, but also in some his etchings (see D. Succi and A. Delneri et al., Marco Ricci e il paesaggio veneto del Settecento, exhib. cat., Belluno, Palazzo Crepadonna, 1993, p. 327, no. 26).