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Sebastiano Ricci Belluno 1659 - 1734 Venice
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Description
- Sebastiano Ricci
- Bacchus and Ariadne
- oil on canvas, oval, in a carved and gilt wood frame
Provenance
With P. & D. Colnaghi Ltd., London, 1956;
Robert and Bettina Suida Manning collection, New York, 1976.
Robert and Bettina Suida Manning collection, New York, 1976.
Exhibited
New York, Finch College Museum of Art, Venetian Baroque Painters, no. 50;
Memphis, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery; and Lexington, University Art Gallery, Sebastiano and Marco Ricci in America, 19 December 1965 - 6 March 1966, no.6.
Memphis, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery; and Lexington, University Art Gallery, Sebastiano and Marco Ricci in America, 19 December 1965 - 6 March 1966, no.6.
Literature
M. Milkovich, Sebastiano and Marco Ricci in America, exhibition catalogue, Memphis, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, 19 December 1965 - 23 January 1966; and Lexington, University of Kentucky Art Gallery, 13 February - 6 March 1966, p. 25, cat. no. 6, reproduced;
J. Daniels, Sebastiano Ricci, Hove 1976, p. 81, no. 271, reproduced fig. 158;
J. Daniels, L'Opera completa di Sebastiano Ricci, Milan 1976, p. 103, no. 186;
E. Martini, Pittura Veneta e altra Italiana dal XV al XIX secolo, Rimini 1992, p. 248, reproduced fig. 180;
J. Bober, G. Bora (ed.), Capolavori della Suida Manning Collection, exhibition catalogue, Milan 2001, p. 126;
E. Martini, Pinacoteca Egidio Martini a Ca' Rezzonico, Venice 2002, pp. 256-57;
A. Scarpa, Sebastiano Ricci, Milan 2006, p. 256, cat. no. 323, reproduced p. 451, fig. 199.
J. Daniels, Sebastiano Ricci, Hove 1976, p. 81, no. 271, reproduced fig. 158;
J. Daniels, L'Opera completa di Sebastiano Ricci, Milan 1976, p. 103, no. 186;
E. Martini, Pittura Veneta e altra Italiana dal XV al XIX secolo, Rimini 1992, p. 248, reproduced fig. 180;
J. Bober, G. Bora (ed.), Capolavori della Suida Manning Collection, exhibition catalogue, Milan 2001, p. 126;
E. Martini, Pinacoteca Egidio Martini a Ca' Rezzonico, Venice 2002, pp. 256-57;
A. Scarpa, Sebastiano Ricci, Milan 2006, p. 256, cat. no. 323, reproduced p. 451, fig. 199.
Catalogue Note
Ariadne is shown receiving the circlet of nine stars which Bacchus added to the crown bestowed on his bride by Venus. Daniels (see Literature) suggested a dating of around 1705-10, during the artist's English period, and Scarpa concurs with this, citing a comparison with the Flora and Zephyr in the Pinacoteca Martini, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice (see Scarpa, under Literature, p. 319, cat. no. 502).