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Ribera Italiana

Ribera Italiana

Artist: Martin Rico y Ortega (Spanish, 1835 - 1908)

Date: c. 1882 - 1886
Medium: oil on panel
Dimensions:
Panel: 10 3/4 x 14 in. (27.3 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Mrs. Thomas Lynch Montgomery
Object number: 1925.165.1
Spanish-born Rico y Ortega exhibited frequently in Madrid and later established his reputation in Paris and Venice with paintings executed with almost photographic precision. Although it is difficult to pinpoint the location of this rather serene landscape with a boat and figures along the banks of a waterway, the light palette and loosened brushwork suggest that it follows the period when Rico was painting with fellow artist Mariano Fortuny (c. 1871), and the artist’s experiences in Venice.
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