Marco Ricci (1676-1730)

An extensive view of an port with a tower in the foreground, a fort beyond

細節

Marco Ricci (1676-1730)
An extensive view of an port with a tower in the foreground, a fort beyond
tempera on kidskin
12¼ x 17.7/8 in. (313 x 456 mm.)

來源

Probably Consul Joseph Smith, Venice.
Probably King George III, 1762, to his brother
William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and by descent to his daughter
Princess Sophia Mathilda of Gloucester (1773-1844), by inheritance to her nephew
Henry, 5th Duke of Grafton, December 1844, according to a partly erroneous inscription 'By Marco Ricci Left by Sophia Mathilda Worcester to Henry Duke of Grafton Dec. 1844' on a label attached to the backboard.
With The Connoisseur, New York.

拍場告示

The photograph is reversed in the catalogue.

拍品專文

The inscription on the label attached to the backboard (which incorrectly reads Worcester instead of Gloucester) indicates that this and the next lot entered the collection of Henry, 5th Duke of Grafton, in 1844 at the death of his aunt Princess Sophia Mathilda. The Princess inherited the landscapes from her father the Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George III.
The King acquired Consul Joseph Smith's collection in 1762. The collection contained 33 tempera by Marco Ricci, all of the same size, technique and dark support as the present two, A. Scarpa Sonino, Marco Ricci, Milan, 1991, nos. 93-124. These two drawings could possibly have been removed from Consul Smith's collection by the King in order to present them to his brother the Duke of Gloucester.
The Windsor series was executed between 1717 and 1730 following Ricci's return to Venice from England.