RICCI, Marco
(b. 1676, Belluno, d. 1730, Venezia)

Villa in a Park Setting

1720s
Tempera on kidskin, 36 x 46 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

This painting and its pendant, Landscape with Woodcutters and Two Horsemen were painted on kidskin. This unusual support, though one familiar to miniaturists and other medieval artists, made it possible for Marco to obtain a special kind of luminary and atmospheric effect.