Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an

Italian painter Following is a list of Italian painters (in alphabetical order) who are notable for their art. A *Niccolò dell'Abbate (1509/12–1571) *Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868) *Angiolo Achini (1850–1930) *Pietro Adami (c. 1730) *Livio Agresti (1508 ...

of the late

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school of Venice. About the same age as

Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes. Biography Piazzetta was ...

, and an elder contemporary of

Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ...

, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting. Sebastiano_Ricci_(1659-1734)_-_The_Prodigal_Son_-_732311_-_National_Trust

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He was the uncle of

Marco Ricci Marco Ricci (6 June 1676 – 21 January 1730) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Early years He was born at Belluno and received his first instruction in art from his uncle, Sebastiano Ricci, likely in Milan in 1694–6.Giacometti, Mar ...

(1676 – 1730), who trained with him, and became an innovator in

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Early years

He was born in

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, the son of Andreana and Livio Ricci. In 1671, he was apprenticed to Federico Cervelli of

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. Others claim Ricci's first master was

Sebastiano Mazzoni Sebastiano Mazzoni (c. 1611 - Venice, 22 April 1678) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he trained in that city during 1632-33 in the studio of Baccio del Bianco. He then moved to Venice in 1648, and stayed there ...

. In 1678, a youthful indiscretion led to an unwanted pregnancy, and ultimately to a greater scandal, when Ricci was accused of attempting to poison the young woman in question to avoid marriage. He was imprisoned, and released only after the intervention of a nobleman, probably a

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member. He eventually married the mother of his child in 1691, although this was a stormy union. Following his release he moved to

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, where he lived near the Parish of San Michele del Mercato. His painting style there was apparently influenced by

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole (10 December 1654 – 22 July 1719) was an Italian painter and engraver from Bologna, active in the late- Baroque period. Upon the death of Carlo Cignani, Gioseffo dal Sole became among the most prominent painters in Bol ...

. On 28 September 1682 he was contracted by the "Fraternity of Saint John of Florence" to paint a ''Decapitation of John the Baptist'' for their oratory. On 9 December 1685, the Count of San Secondo near

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commissioned the decoration of the ''Oratorio della Beata Vergine del Serraglio'', which Ricci completed in collaboration of

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by October 1687, receiving a payment of 4,482 Lira. In 1686, the Duke Ranuccio II Farnese of

commissioned a ''Pietà'' for a new Capuchin convent. In 1687-8 Ricci decorated the apartments of the Parmense Duchess in

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with canvases recounting the life of the Farnese pope,

Paul III Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549. He came to ...

Turin and return to Venice

Apparently in 1688, Ricci abandoned his wife and daughter, and fled from Bologna to

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with Magdalen, the daughter of the painter

Giovanni Peruzzini Giovanni Peruzzini (1629–1694) was an Italian painter of the Baroque. His father, Domenico Peruzzini was also a painter. Giovanni was born in Ancona, and became a pupil of Simone Cantarini. In Ancona, he painted a ''Beheading of St. John'' for ...

. He was again imprisoned, and nearly executed, but was eventually freed by the intercession of the Duke of Parma. The duke employed him and assigned him a monthly salary of 25 crowns and lodging in the

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. In 1692, he was commissioned to copy the ''Coronation of Charlemagne'' by

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

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, on behalf of

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, a task he finished only by 1694. The death of the Duke Ranuccio in December, 1694, who was also his protector, forced Ricci to abandon Rome for

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, where by November 1695 he completed frescoes in the Ossuary Chapel of the Church of San Bernardino dei Morti. On 22 June 1697, the Count Giacomo Durini hired him to paint in the Cathedral of Monza. In 1698, he returned to the Venetian republic for a decade. By 24 August 1700, he had frescoed the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento in the church of Santa Giustina of

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. In 1701, the Venetian geographer

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commissioned a canvas of the ''Ascension'' that was inserted into the ceiling of sacristy of the Basilica of the Santi Apostoli in Rome. In 1702, he frescoed the ceiling of the Blue Hall in the

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, with the ''Allegory of the Princely Virtues'' and ''Love of Virtue'', which illustrated the education and dedication of future emperor

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. In Vienna, Frederick August II, the elector

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, requested an ''Ascension'' canvas, in part to convince others of the sincerity of his conversion to Catholicism, which allowed him to become the

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. In Venice in 1704 he executed a canvas of ''San Procolo (Saint Proculus)'' for the Dome of

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and a ''Crucifixion'' for the Florentine church of San Francisco de Macci.

Florentine frescoes

In the summer of 1706, he traveled to

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, where he completed a work that is by many considered his masterpieces. During his Florentine stay he first completed a large fresco series on allegorical and mythological theme

for the now-called ''Marucelli-Fenzi'' or ''

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'' (now housing departments of

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). After this work, Ricci, along with the quadraturista Giuseppe Tonelli, was commissioned by the Grand Duke Ferdinando de' Medici to decorate rooms in the

Pitti Palace The Palazzo Pitti (), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present ...

, where his ''Venus takes Leave from Adonis'' contains heavenly depictions that are airier and brighter than prior Florentine fresco series. These works gained him fame and requests from foreign lands and showed the rising influence of Venetian painting into other regions of Italy. He was to influence the Florentine

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

fresco painter

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. In 1708 he returned to Venice, completing a ''Madonna with the Child'' for

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. In 1711, now painting alongside his nephew,

, he painted two canvases: ''Esther to Assuero'' and ''Moses saved from the Nile'', for the

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London and Paris

He ultimately accepted foreign patronage in London, when he was provided a £770 commission by

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for eight canvases, to be completed by him and his nephew Marco, depicting mythological frolics: ''Cupid and Jove'', ''Bacchus meets Ariadne'', ''Diana and Nymphs'', ''Bacchus and Ariadne'', ''Venus and Cupid'', ''Diane and Endymion'', and a ''Cupid and Flora''. Sebastiano_Ricci_-_Bacchus_and_Ariadne_-_Google_Art_Project

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He decorated the chapel at Bulstrode House near

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for

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with a cycle of wall-paintings depicting scenes from the life of Christ.

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described the scheme as "a Noble free invention. great force of lights and shade, with variety & freedom, in the composition of the parts". The chapel was demolished in the 19th century, but oil ''

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'' still exist. Ricci also designed stained glass for the

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' chapel at

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. In c.1710-15 Ricci painted the apse in the chapel at the

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of the

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. By the end of 1716, with his nephew, he left England for Paris, where he met

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, and submitted his ''Triumph of the Wisdom over Ignorance'' in order to gain admission to the Royal French Academy of Painting and Sculpture, which was granted on 18 May 1718. He returned to Venice in 1718 a wealthy man, and bought comfortable lodgings in the Old Procuratory of St. Mark. That same year, the Riccis decorated the villa of

Giovanni Francesco Bembo Giovanni Francesco Bembo was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cremona, mainly active from 1515 to 1543. He apprenticed with Boccaccio Boccaccino. In 1515, he painted two frescoes: ''Presentation in the Temple'' and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' ...

in Belvedere, near

. In 1722 he was one of twelve artists commissioned to contribute a painting on canvas of one of the apostles as part of a decorative scheme at the church of St Stae in Venice. The other artists involved included Tiepolo, Piazetti, and Pellegrini.

Last years

From 1724 to 1729, Ricci worked intensely for the Royal

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in Turin: In 1724 he painted the ''Rejection of Agar'' and the ''Silenus adores the Idols'', in 1725, the ''Madonna in Gloria'', in

in 1726, he completed the ''Susanna presented to Daniel'' and ''Moses causes water to gush from the rock''. In October 1727 he was admitted to the

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of Venice. Ricci's style developed a following among other Venetian artists, influencing

Francesco Polazzo Francesco Polazzo (1683–1753) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Venice. He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and painted portraits and historical subjects, though better known as a restorer of pict ...

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, Francesco Migliori, Gaetano Zompini, and

Francesco Fontebasso ''Allegory of Faith'' (v.1750) San Zanipolo Venice Francesco Fontebasso (4 October 1707 – 31 May 1769) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque or Rococo period of Venice. He first apprenticed with Sebastiano Ricci, but was strongly influ ...

(1709–1769). He died in Venice on 15 May 1734.

Veronese copies

Ricci made many copies from the works of

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

, both of individual heads and of whole compositions. Some of these copies of heads were bought by George III. The king also bought a painting of the ''Finding of Moses'' which his agent, Joseph Smith, claimed was a Veronese, although this too had been painted by Ricci, either as a pastiche of Veronese's style, or a copy of a work now lost. Ricci painted a supposed portrait of

Andrea Palladio Andrea Palladio ( ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of th ...

, attributed to Veronese and engraved by

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for the frontispiece of the first English edition (1715) of Palladio's '' Four Books of Architecture''. According to

Rudolf Wittkower Rudolf Wittkower (22 June 1901 – 11 October 1971) was a British art historian specializing in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture, who spent much of his career in London, but was educated in Germany, and later moved to the Unite ...

, it does not depict Palladio, but rather is entirely the invention of Ricci.Nash 1999, pp. 1347–1349; Wittkower 1974, p. 82, cited by Nash.

Critical assessments

"Ricci, leaning at first on the example of splendid art of the Veronese, made a new ideal prevail, one of clear and rich coloristic beauty: in this he paved the way for

. The painting of figures of the

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to Venice remains incomprehensible in its evolution without Ricci... Tiepolo germinated the work started by Ricci to such a richness and splendor that it leaves Ricci in the shadows... although Sebastiano is recognized in the combative role of forerunner "(Derschau). "He is the master of a resurrected-fifteenth century style, whose painterly features are enriched with nervous express and, typically 17th century" (

). Wittkower in his Anthology, contrasts the facile luminous style of Ricci with the darker, more emotional intense painting of

. Like Tiepolo, Ricci was an international artist; Piazzetta was local. "We perceive in him that synthesis of the

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decorativeness and individualized and substantial painting, that we will see later again in Tiepolo. On one side the influence of

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, directed and indirect, and on the other the observant painting of the hermit Magnasco; more intense, substantial and freed academic impulses, the airy, shining influences become, to the open air, magical coves, as well as gloomy corners. A new synthesis that opened wide new painting horizons, even if the scene is not that of a ballet, it is felt like bing in the wonders of the color, in more vibrating, acute, agile accents "(Moschini). "At the start of the Baroque..Venetians remained isolated from the outside…from the great ideas of the baroque painting… The Ricci are the first traveling Venetian painters... and succeed to inaugurate the so-called roccoco rooms of Pitti and Marucelli palaces."(

Roberto Longhi Roberto Longhi (28 December 1890 – 3 June 1970) was an Italian academic, art historian, and curator. The main subjects of his studies were the painters Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca. Early life and career Longhi was born in December 18 ...

). Ricci "brought back in the Venetian tradition a wealth of chromatic expression resolved in a new vibrating brilliance brightness…by means of the intelligent interpretation of the Veronese chromatics and of the brushstrokes of a Magnasco-like touch, from the 16th century impediments, he takes unfashionable positions against "tenebrous styles", is against the new Piazzetta –

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. He supplied a valid painterly idiom for ... Tiepolo to use after his defection from the Piazzettism "(Pallucchini). "Venice, still more than Naples, collects the Ricci inheritance of the prodigioso trade of

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... Sebastiano throws again it, widens he then, refines it for the school of

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Works

*''Portrait of a Bishop'', Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Insbruck *''Mercy'' (1686), New Church of the Capuchins, Parma *''Frescoes'' in collaboration with Bibiena, (1687) Sacristy of the Fallen in Church of Santo Segundo, Parma *''History'' and ''Apotheosis of Paul III'' (1687–1688), Farnese Palace, now Pinacoteca Civica, Piacenza *''Guardian Angel'' (1694), Chiesa del Carmine, Pavia *''Frescoes'' (1695), Church of San Bernardino alle Ossa,

*''Ecstasy of St Francis'' (ca 1695–96),

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*''Last Supper'' (ca 1720), Museum of Fine Arts,

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*''Frescoes''(1697),

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*''Communion of St Maria Egiziaca'' (1698), Archconfraternity of the Duomo of the Santa Sindone, Milan *''St Gregory the Great intercedes with Madonna'' (1700), Church of Santa Giustina, Padua *''Frescoes'' (1700), Church of Santa Giustina, Padua *''Ascension'' (1701), Santi Apostoli, Rome *''Allegory of the princely virtues'' (1702),

, Vienna *''Assumption of Virgin'' (1702) Gemäldegalerie, Dresden *''Crucifixion with Virgin, John the Evangelist and Carlo Borromeo'' (1704), Uffizi, Florence *''Procolo, Peasant Detention'' (1704), Duomo, Bergamo) *''Vision of St. Bruno'' (1705

*Frescoes (1706–1707), Palazzi Palazzo Fenzi, Fenzi Marucelli &

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, Florence *''Madonna with Child'' (1708),

, Venic

*''Family of Darius before Alexander'' & ''Continence of Scipio'' (ca 1709),

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, Raleigh *''

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'' (1710), Trescore Balneario, Bergamo, church of Saint Peter)(San Sta

*''Christ giving the keys to St Peter'' & ''Call of St Peter'' (1710), Church of Saint Pietro, Bergamo, San Pietro, Bergamo *''Assumption'' (1710),

Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a major church in the upper town of Bergamo, Northern Italy. History According to the popular tradition, partially supported by documents, the church was built to comply with a vow made to the Virgin Ma ...

) *''Esther before Ahasuerus'' (1711),

Palazzo Taverna Palazzo Taverna may refer to: * Palazzo Taverna, Milan, Italy * Palazzo Taverna, Rome, Italy {{disambiguation, geo ...

, Rome *''Moses saved from the waters'' (1711) *''Sacred Family with Elizabeth and John'' (1712), Royal Collections, London *''Frescoes for Burlington House'' (1712–1714), London **''Cupid before Jove''; ''Encounter of Bacchus and Ariadne''; and ''Triumph of Galatea'' *''Frescoes for

Chiswick House Chiswick House is a Neo-Palladian style villa in the Chiswick district of London, England. A "glorious" example of Neo-Palladian architecture in west London, the house was designed and built by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694– ...

'' (1712–14), London **''Bacchus and Ariadne'' (National Galler

**''Venus and Cupid'', ''Diana and Endymion'', ''Cupid and Flora'', and ''Diana and Nymphs'' *'' Endymion (mythology), Selene & Endymion'' (1713), London *''The Resurrection'' (1714),

, London *''Triumph of Wisdom over Ignorance'' (1718),

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

, Paris *''Head of Woman'' (1718), fresco fragment, Civic Museum, Belluno *''

Bathsheba at her Bath Bathsheba ( or ; he, בַּת־שֶׁבַע, ''Baṯ-šeḇaʿ'', Bat-Sheva or Batsheva, "daughter of Sheba" or "daughter of the oath") was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible. She was the mother of ...

'' (1724),

Szépművészeti Múzeum The Museum of Fine Arts ( hu, Szépművészeti Múzeum �seːpmyveːsɛti ˈmuːzɛum is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art. It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclecti ...

, Budapest *

Sabauda Gallery The Galleria Sabauda is an art collection in the Italian city of Turin, which contains the royal art collections amassed by the House of Savoy over the centuries. It is located on Via XX Settembre, 86. The museum, whose first directors were Robe ...

, Turin **''Repudiation of Agar'' and ''Solomon adores the Idols'' (1724) **''Madonna in Glory with archangel Gabriel and Saints Eusebio, Sebastiano & Rocco'' (1725) **''Susanna in front of Daniel'' and ''Moses make water gush from the rock'' (1726) **''Magdalen applies ointment to Christ's feet'' (1728) *'' Apotheosis of Saint Sebastian'' (circa 1725), Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg *''St Cajetan heals the Sick'' (1727),

Brera Gallery The Pinacoteca di Brera ("Brera Art Gallery") is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan, Italy. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings from the 13th to the 20th century, an outgrowth of the cultural program of ...

, Milan *''Ecstasy of St. Teresa'', (1727, Church of St Jerome (now St Mark), Vicenza) * Royal Palace, Turin **''Hagar in the desert''; ''Jacob blesses the sons of Joseph''; ''Moses saved from waters''; and ''Rebecca and Eliazer at the well'' (1727) *''Christ and the Centurions'' and ''Wedding at Cannae'', (1729), Capodimonte Museum, Naples *''Communion and Martyrdom of St Lucia'' (1730), Church of Santa Lucia, Parma *''Immaculate Conception'' (1730), Church of San Vitale, Venice *''Madonna in Glory with Child and Angel Guardian'', (1730) Scuola of the Guardian Angel, Venice *''Prayer in Garden'', (1730),

Kunsthistorisches Museum The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( "Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal do ...

, Vienn

*Self-portrait (1731), Uffizi Gallery *''Pope Gregory the Great intercedes with Virgin'' (1731), Sant'Alessandro della Croce, Bergamo *''Pope Gregory the Great intercedes for souls in Purgatory'', (1733), Saint Gervais, Paris *''Pope Pio V, Saints Thomas Acquinus, & Peter Martyr'' (1733),

Gesuati Santa Maria del Rosario (St. Mary of the Rosary), commonly known as I Gesuati, is an 18th-century Dominican church in the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, on the Giudecca canal in Venice, northern Italy. The classical style building has a well-lit interio ...

, Venice *''St Francis from resuscitates child Paola'' and ''St Helen discovers True Cross'', San Rocco Church, Venice *''Baldassarre'' and ''Ester before Ahasuerus'' (1733),

Quirinal Palace The Quirinal Palace ( it, Palazzo del Quirinale ) is a historic building in Rome, Italy, one of the three current official residences of the president of the Italian Republic, together with Villa Rosebery in Naples and the Tenuta di Castelporzian ...

, Rome *''Assumption'' (1734)

Karlskirche The ''Rektoratskirche St. Karl Borromäus'', commonly called the ''Karlskirche'' (), is a Baroque church located on the south side of Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria. Widely considered the most outstanding baroque church in Vienna, as well as one ...

, Vienna

References

Sources

*Free translation from Italian Wikipedia entry * * Nash, Paul W.; Savage, Nicholas (1999). ''Early Printed Books 1478–1840: Catalogue of the British Architectural Library, Early Imprints Collection''. London: Bowker-Saur. . * Rizzi, Aldo. ''Sebastiano Ricci disegnatore'', Electa – Milano 1975 * Rizzi, Aldo. ''Sebastiano Ricci'', Electa – Milano 1989 * Wittkower, Rudolf (1974). ''Palladio and English Palladianism''. London: Thames and Hudson. . *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ricci, Sebastiano Italian Baroque painters Rococo painters Painters from Venice 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Roman Catholics 18th-century Italian painters 1659 births 1734 deaths People from Belluno Catholic painters 18th-century Italian male artists