Artist: Sebastiano Ricci (1659 - 1734)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Rococo
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Coming from a family of artists, Sebastiano Ricci began his formal artistic training in Venice. He then traveled extensively, working in Vienna, London, and Paris at times. His dramatic work created in the style Paolo Veronese was popular among royalty and religious patrons throughout Europe. As Sebastiano’s artistic reputation grew, so did the knowledge of his numerous crimes, imprisonments and love affairs. After impregnating Maddalena van der Meer in Venice, Ricci attempted to poison her. However, his plot was uncovered and he was put in jail only to be freed with the assistance of a nobleman. He then fled to Bologna where he was forced to marry by a papal official. Cardinal Antonio Pignatelli, later Pope Innocent XII, provided Ricci with most of his commissions while he was in Bologna.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Landscape with Classical Ruins and Figures
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The Holy Family with Angels, possibly ca. 1700 Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, Venetian, 1659-1734)Oil on canvas;
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Artist: Sebastiano Ricci Title: Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery Date: 18th century Medium:
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The Baptism of Christ Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, Venetian, 1659-1734)Oil on canvas; 26 x 40 in.
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Sebastiano Ricci - A Bacchanal n.d. oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - The Last Supper 1713-1714 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - Camillus and Brennus c. 1716 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - Bacchus and Ceres after 1710 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - Christ at the Sea of Galilee 1695-97 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - Apotheosis of a Saint c. 1695 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Fishing Boats in a Storm
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Sebastiano Ricci - Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery c. 1710 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - The Exaltation of the True Cross 1733 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - Battle of the Romans and the Sabines c. 1700 oil on canvas Liechtenstein Museum Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - The Rape of the Sabine Women c. 1700 oil on canvas Liechtenstein Museum Italian
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Diana and Her Dog
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Sebastiano Ricci - A Miracle of Saint Francis of Paola 1733 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci - The Last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt c. 1695 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Sebastiano Ricci, Italian (Venetian), 1659-1734 Phineas and the Sons of Boreas about 1695 Oil on
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 4 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 10 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 9 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 8 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 7 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 6 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 5 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 12 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 3 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 11 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 2 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Plate 13 from the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Giuliano Giampiccoli, Frontispiece to the series Racolta di 12 paesi...dal Marco Ricci (Collection of Twelve Landscapes...by Marco Ricci), 18th century
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Sebastiano Ricci - A Glory of the Virgin with the Archangel Gabriel and Saints Eusebius, Roch, and Sebastian c. 1724-1725 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Pope Clement VII
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Landscape with Traveler
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child with Saints and Donors Attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, Venetian, born
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Arthur Pond, Sebastiano Resta, 18th century
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Marco Ricci, Landscape with a Peasant and a Horse, 1730
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Marco Ricci, Landscape with Ruins of a Palace, 1730
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Marco Ricci, Landscape with Figures, 17th - 18th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (10)
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Vasto Writers and Artists Retreat: Call for Artists: A Week in Italy with Nino Ricci
Join us and enjoy our centro storico, our beaches and sunshine, the local culture, its wines and cuisine, enrich your work skills, talk with fellow writers and artists about the methods and techniques of making art at an intimate, low-cost retreat...
George Billis Gallery, L.A.: Summer Salon: Paintings and Photographs by Gallery Artists
The Summer Salon will highlight the work of artists new to the gallery, as well as recent work by painters and photographers the gallery has exhibited since opening in September of last year. The works on view will demonstrate the diverse style...
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center: Nuova Architettura per Nuove Citta
Organized by Pippo Ciorra, Nuova Architettura per Nuove Cittá includes works by ABDR, Carmen Andriani, Aldo Aymonino, Stefano Boeri, Pippo Ciorra, Alberto Ferlenga, Mose Ricci & Filippo Spaini, Renato Rizzi, Mirko Zardini & Luca Meyer, and Cino Zu...
Barbican Art Gallery: the americans. new art. - Opens Today
Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the hand-made among American artists, and the show contains a large proportion of painting and sculpture. However, these supposedl...
Witte de With Center for Contemportary Art: [based upon] TRUE STORIES
Participating filmmakers and artists: Chantal Akerman, Edgar Arceneaux, Pedro Costa, Maurício Dias & Walter Riedweg, Omer Fast, Peter Friedl, Mark Lewis, Jean-Luc Moulčne, Ella Raidel & René Straub, Angela Ricci Lucchi & Yervant Gianikian, Alejand...
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art: Glee: Painting Now
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present Glee: Painting Now, an exhibition examining artists1 renewed confidence in painting in the face of new visual technologies. A confident, irreverent, and ...
New Museum of Contemporary Art: Out of Site: A Group Show of Fictional Architectural Spaces
Advances in technology and communication have begun to blur the distinctions between what is real and virtual, interior and exterior, natural and artificial, local and global. The artists in Out of Site have responded to these developments by re-o...
Contemporary Arts Center: Nothing Compared to This: Ambient, Incidental and New Minimal Tendencies in Current Art
Nothing Compared to This looks at the works of artists who occupy and control space by subtle, often indirect, means. The most salient distinction of today’s art in this vein, however, is that it is often not meant to be contemplated, or even dire...
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington: Out of Site: Fictional Architectural Spaces
Advances in technology and communication have begun to blur the distinctions between what is real and virtual, interior and exterior, natural and artificial, local and global. The artists in Out of Site have responded to these developments by re-o...
Montreal Museum of Fine Art: Italian Masterpieces From Raphael To Tiepolo
The works range in scale from intimate devotional paintings and portraits to state commissions, monumental altarpieces and mythological paintings. Italian Masterpieces from Raphael to Tiepolo will offer the public an unprecedented opportunity to e...

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