A Fortified Village along a River

1727/1729

Marco Ricci

Artist, Venetian, 1676 - 1729

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over traces of graphite; Zanetti mount

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.6 × 37.8 cm (10 1/2 × 14 7/8 in.)
    support: 31.3 x 43 cm (12 5/16 x 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.26.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton Maria Zanetti [c. 1679-1767], Venice; Giuseppe Carlo Cernazai [1773-1849], Udine; by inheritance to Canon Francesco Maria Cernazai [1802-1881], Udine; given to Seminario Arcivescovile, Udine; probably sale Genolini auction, Milan, 1900; Antonio dal Zotto; (sale Galleria Geri, Milan or Salvadori, Venice, 1919); Benno Geiger [1882-1965], Venice; (sale, Sotheby's London, 7 December 1920, among 259-272; ? Winthrop Family, Boston; Sam Abate Gallery, Boston; purchased by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 101, 104, 488, no. 29 (repro. p. 104, color)(entry by Margherita Giacometti).

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 51.

Bibliography

1994

  • The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 104, 488, no. 29.

1996

  • Bettagno, Alessandro. "Disegni di Marco Ricci: Una questione di provenienza e un problema di dispersione," in Hommage au Dessin, Mélanges offerts à Roseline Bacou, ed. Maria Teresa Caracciolo, Rimini, 1996, 424, 425, no. 16.

Inscriptions

vertical along right edge verso in graphite: Winthrop [dealer and framing notations]

Wikidata ID

Q64594897


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