Pasquale Ricca (

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, 1854–1910) was an Italian painter and sculptor, with an eclectic output of portraits,

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, still-life, seascape, and landscape subjects. Ricca studied in

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, and worked for a time in Rome and Nizza, but lived most of his adult life in

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, in

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. Ricca did a large amount of his work based in the Ligurian Riviera. In 1883 at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of Rome, he exhibited ''Passeggiata'' and ''Nevicata''; in 1884 at Turin, he sent, ''Acquasantiera di San Pietro at Rome'' and ''Tralci con uva''. In 1902, Pasquale Ricca was introduced into public service when he was appointed Conservator of Monuments and Objects of Art and Antiquities for Porto Maurizio.Franco Dioli, www.pittoriliguri.info, eds. IDAL800900 Istituto Documentazione Arte Ligure dell'Ottocento e Novecento

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