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The Holy Family with Angels

ca. 1700
Not on view
An artist of remarkable facility and invention, Sebastiano Ricci achieved a reputation throughout Europe. This Holy Family reflects Ricci's admiration for the work of Ludovico Carracci. He would have had ample opportunity to study Ludovico's paintings when he moved from Venice to Bologna about 1678. The intimate treatment of the theme and the bespectacled figure of Saint Joseph reading a book are noteworthy.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Holy Family with Angels
  • Artist: Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, Belluno 1659–1734 Venice)
  • Date: ca. 1700
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 50 x 45 1/2 in. (127 x 115.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Piero Corsini, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.347
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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Figure Studies, Sebastiano Ricci Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over red and a little black chalk
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Studies for an Education of the Virgin: Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read, Sebastiano Ricci Italian, Pen and brown ink over black chalk
Studies for an Education of the Virgin: Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read
Sebastiano Ricci
1659–1734
Allegory with Figures of Hope, Time, and Death, Sebastiano Ricci Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over red and black chalk
Allegory with Figures of Hope, Time, and Death
Sebastiano Ricci
1659–1734
Seven Male Heads, Sebastiano Ricci Italian, Pen and brown ink, wash
Seven Male Heads
Sebastiano Ricci
late 17th–mid-18th century
The Baptism of Christ, Sebastiano Ricci Italian, Oil on canvas
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