Wilderness Landscape with Two Monks

Marco Ricci

Associated Names
Marco Ricci

Artist, Venetian, 1676 - 1729

The image shows a scene of towering trees with textured trunks and leafy branches. The view is from a slightly elevated point, obscuring the horizon with dense foliage and a hilly landscape in the distance. The sky is filled with fluffy clouds depicted with hatching lines. The art style features intricate etching work creating detailed textures and shading with a monochromatic palette of black, gray, and white. Two figures are visible, one leaning against a tree and another seated by a stump near a thatched structure partly seen behind the trees. Rolling hills in the distance add depth to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.2 x 36 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 26 x 37 cm (10 1/4 x 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.12.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 17, State artist's proof

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil (Lugt 2200); (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: B. 17 / C38426

Wikidata ID

Q75403669

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