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| Title | Landscape | |
| Collection | Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead | |
| Artist | Attributed to Ricci, Marco (Italian painter and draftsman, 1676-1730) Previously attributed to Italian School Previously attributed to Zais, Giuseppe (Italian painter, 1709-1781) |
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| Date Earliest | probably 1705 | |
| Date Latest | probably 1707 | |
| Description | Marco Ricci, nephew and probable pupil of Sebastiano Ricci, had a varied career as a painter, printmaker and set designer, and in his early years a somewhat turbulent private life. His murder of a man in a tavern brawl caused him to flee to the Dalmatian coast for four years, before returning to Venice in about 1700. His work suggests influences from various sources including the classical landscapes of Nicholas Poussin, and from the Venetian tradition of Titian, as well as the work of Salvator Rosa and others. | |
| Current Accession Number | TWCMS:C163 | |
| Former Accession Number | SAG 363 | |
| Subject | landscape; buildings and gardens; figure; animal (horse; donkey) | |
| Measurements | 85.9 x 115.8 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by J. A. D. Shipley, 1909. | |
| Publications | Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1917, no. 363 without attribution; Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1921, no. 363 without attribution; Catalogue of the Shipley Collection, 1951, no. 363 as 'Italian School?'. | |
| Notes | Previously attributed to the Italian school in 1951, other suggested attributions have included Zais (by Christie's in 1974), Zuccarrelli and Marco Ricci. However, in 2002, Caroline Worthington, a Pilgrim Trust researcher, carried out a close examination of the work, and attributed it more firmly to the hand of Marco Ricci, previously suggested by Francis Watson of the Wallace Collection to Nevin Drinkwater, curator of the Shipley, in 1963. Worthington wrote: 'Following close examination of works by Zais and Zuccarrelli, this piece most closely relates to the work of Ricci in the period 1705-1707, prior to his departure to London in 1710. The style is lively and free. I have taken care to look closely at the style shown in both the leaves and the sky. It is the very specific angles of strokes in the sky which lead me to conclude that this work is by Ricci over and above the previous attributions.' | |
| Rights Owner | The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (Tyne and Wear Museums) | |
| Author | Elizabeth van der Beugel | |