Classical Ruins with Figures

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Artist Davide Antonio Fossati (Swiss, 1708–ca. 1779)

After Artist Marco Ricci (Italian, June 5, 1676–January 21, 1730)

Title Classical Ruins with Figures

Plate Number Plate 19

Series 24 Landscapes after Marco Ricci

Date 1743

Medium Etching on paper

Dimensions Image: 9 3/16 x 13 3/4 in. (23.3 x 34.9 cm)
Plate: 9 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. (25.1 x 35.9 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 3/8 in. (37.9 x 49.2 cm)

Credit Line Collection of Diether Thimme, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 98.262

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About this Work

After Marco Ricci’s death, a portfolio of twenty-four etchings based on his views was published by the younger painter and printmaker Davide Fossati. These images combine realistic topographic detail with fantastic composite elements. Here, contemporary peasants and aristocrats on horseback or in carriages travel on a road that leads to a distant city gate, perhaps an entrance to Rome.

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Plate Number Plate 19
Series Title 24 Landscapes after Marco Ricci

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