People going about their business on a shore in the Venetian countryside. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after M. Ricci.

  • Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729.
Date:
[1762?]
Reference:
2885000i
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Description

"Son di pace tranquilla albergo i campi": meaning "The fields are an inn of tranquil peace"?

Fishermen with nets, a woman giving fruit to a child, a traveller on horseback with a companion on foot, and a man resting by a waterfall, on the banks of a river, lake or sea in the Veneto. On the far bank are mountains, and below them buildings of different kinds

Publication/Creation

[Venice] : Appo. Wagner C.P.E.S., [1762?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 38.3 x 52.8 cm

Lettering

Son di pace tranquilla albergo i campi. Marcus Rizzi inv. ; F. Bartolozzi sculp. ex monochrom. in museo D. Ios. Smith Bears number: No. 8-8

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2885000i

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