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

Landscape with Woodcutters and Two Horsemen

1720s
Tempera on kidskin, 31 x 46 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

This painting and its pendant, Villa in a Park Setting 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.