A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . ack ofa sheep, one of which stands to 1. of him; his 1. hand is on his breast,his face uplifted. To r. of him two more sheep standing. In back-ground 1. and centre rocks, on r. sky. Canvas, 5 9 by 6 io£. Presented by J. Fitzgerald, Esq. RICCI. Sebastiano Ricci. Italian School, 1660—1734. Born at Belluno, near Venice, in 1660, and studied under Federigo Cervelli at Veniceand also at Milan under Alessandro Magnasco of Genoa. He visited various parts ofItaly and was employ
A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . ack ofa sheep, one of which stands to 1. of him; his 1. hand is on his breast,his face uplifted. To r. of him two more sheep standing. In back-ground 1. and centre rocks, on r. sky. Canvas, 5 9 by 6 io£. Presented by J. Fitzgerald, Esq. RICCI. Sebastiano Ricci. Italian School, 1660—1734. Born at Belluno, near Venice, in 1660, and studied under Federigo Cervelli at Veniceand also at Milan under Alessandro Magnasco of Genoa. He visited various parts ofItaly and was employed first by the Duke of Parma and then by the Emperor at Viennaon the decoration of the palace of Schoenbrunn. After this he spent ten years in England,where he was chiefly employed in the decoration of mansions and public buildings. He diedat Belluno on May 13, 1734. He excelled in the imitation of other masters; his own stylewas facile and pleasing in colour, but poor and mannered in design. II. 180. Bacchus and Ceres. Four half-length figures; on , crowned with ivy, leans forward towards the lap of Ceres,. 3T5
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