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Sebastiano Ricci

1659

WA-00043669

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WikidataQ506483

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2 cross-verified · 4 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Nga
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/sebastiano-ricci
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Sebastiano Ricci was an Italian Baroque painter whose frescoes and large-scale canvases embody the vigorous, luminous manner of late Venetian Baroque painting. A contemporary of Piazzetta and elder to Tiepolo, Ricci sustained the grand manner fresco tradition descended from Cortona, combining theatrical composition with radiant color and dynamic figuration. His work bridges the ebbing energy of High Baroque grandeur and the emerging sensibility of the eighteenth century.

Source: Nga · Trust score: 85% · Updated 8d ago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (8)

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

1725 · oil on canvas

Framed: 54.6 x 64.8 x 8.9 cm (21 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.); Unframed: 34.6 x 43.5 cm (13 5/8 x 17 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Baptism of Christ

1713 · Oil on canvas

26 x 40 in. (66 x 101.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Holy Family with Angels

1695 · Oil on canvas

50 x 45 1/2 in. (127 x 115.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "An Apotheosis of a Saint" (for San Bernardino dei Morti, Milan)

1690 · oil on canvas

Framed: 96.5 x 81.9 x 6.4 cm (38 x 32 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 78.5 x 62.8 cm (30 7/8 x 24 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Seven Male Heads

1671 · Pen and brown ink, wash

9 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (24 x 18.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Studies for an Education of the Virgin: Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read

1659 · Pen and brown ink over black chalk

9 7/16 x 6 1/2in. (23.9 x 16.5cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegory with Figures of Hope, Time, and Death

1659 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over red and black chalk

10 13/16 x 7 11/16in. (27.4 x 19.6cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure Studies

1659 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over red and a little black chalk

11 3/16 x 7 1/2in. (28.4 x 19cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artwork sources (4)

8 published of 19 catalogued · 11 with image

The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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+ 2 more sources · 11 catalogued, not yet published

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2 entries · 1 sources

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
1725 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study for "An Apotheosis of a Saint" (for San Bernardino dei Morti, Milan)
1690 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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