Marco Ricci, An open space within a high wall with a town in the distance, with washerwomen at work.

An open space within a high wall with a town in the distance, with washerwomen at work., 1743

Marco Ricci (1676 - 1730)

RA Collection: Art

Title

An open space within a high wall with a town in the distance, with washerwomen at work.

Drawn by

Marco Ricci (1676 - 1730)

Engraved by

Davide Antonio Fossati (1708 - 1791)

From

Francisco Comiti Algarotto, Eruditissimo ... XXIV Tabulas Olim a Marco Ricci ... Expressas ... Zanetti ... Qui eas del. incid. et in lucem edit Venetiis Anno [1743] D.D.D. [Twenty-four landscapes after Ricci dedicated to Francesco Algarotti], pl. 14.

Date

1743

Object type

Plate

Place of Publication

Venice

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

235 mm x 350 mm

Collection

Royal Academy of Arts

Object number

16/1367

This image is from a book

Francisco Comiti Algarotto, Eruditissimo Viro, Bonarumque Artium Cultori, Hasce XXIV Tabulas Olim a Marco Ricio Bellunensi Colorib. Expressas, Quae Extant In Aedibus Joseph Smith, et Antonii Mariae Zanetti, D.A.F. Qui eas del. incid. et in lucem edit Venetiis Anno MDCCXLIII D.D.D. - (Venetiis:: 1743.)

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