Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676 – Venezia 1730) attrib

Attributable to Marco Ricci (Belluno, 1676 – Venice, 1730) Seascape with Sailboats oil on canvas (cm. 55 x 84 - with frame cm. 71 x 100) Complete details of the artwork (click HERE) This evocative coastal view, datable between the late 17th and early 18th centuries, where the choppy waves of the sea crash impetuously against the coasts, can be placed in the production of the painter Marco Ricci (Belluno, 1676 – Venice, 1730), one of the founders of Venetian landscape painting of the 18th century. In his personal expressive style, especially in the initial phase of his painting, the trends of landscape painting present in Italy at the end of the 17th century converge, and in particular his debt to foreign landscape painters working in Venice at the end of the 17th century, such as Johan Anton Eismann, Luca Carlevarijs or Pieter Mulier, known as Il Cavalier Tempesta. Several scholars have hypothesized that Marco Ricci may have made a trip to Rome at the turn of the two centuries, where he had the opportunity to directly know the painting of Salvator Rosa, one of the greatest landscape painters of all time, whose works were also present in the homes of the Venetian patriciate of the time. Finally, in this maze of stylistic references, we cannot fail to mention the Genoese Alessandro Magnasco, from whom derives an increasingly rapid and loose brushstroke, met during his Milanese stay during the last decade of the 17th century. The linguistic references just mentioned can be found in many paintings attributable to an early phase of our painter (therefore presumably still of the 17th century), to which it would be desirable to also place our canvas: in fact, there are still strong links with the landscape painting of the 17th century, in particular in the use of strong and dark tones, almost ferrous, and of very marked chiaroscuro contrasts, with the dark-colored clouds that crowd the sky. The influence of Magnasco's painting (to whose hand our canvas was previously linked) is evident, especially in the small figures of fishermen in the foreground intent on extracting a fishing net from the waters, and we can compare its characters with the Stormy Seascape with Shipwrecked, North Carolina Museum (https://catalogo.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/scheda/opera/68587/), where the powerful strokes of the brush almost manage to make the roar produced by the waves crashing against the cliff perceptible. Therefore, the collaboration of the Genoese painter in some details could not be excluded, based on the stylistic characteristics.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The artwork is sold complete with a pleasant wooden frame and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and descriptive iconographic sheet. We take care of and organize the transport of purchased artworks, both for Italy and abroad, through professional and insured carriers. It is also possible to see the painting in the gallery in Riva del Garda, we will be happy to welcome you to show you our collection of works. Contact us, without obligation, for any additional information. Follow us also on: https://www.instagram.com/galleriacastelbarco/?hl=it https://www.facebook.com/galleriacastelbarco/