Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Men Killing a Snake c. 1723-30 Marco Ricci, Italian (active Venice, Veneto, Rome, and England) 1676 - 1730. Dedicated to Paolo Abbatti Contareno. Etching with lead white heightening on blue laid paper Currently not on view 1985-52-1825 |
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985LabelCarlo Orsolini, who published Marco Ricci's etchings as a series after the artist's death, issued special editions on blue paper with highlights added in lead white paint. The narrow, separate plate below each image contains a dedication to various illustrious Venetians. |
