MARCO RICCI
1676-172942 Fishing Boats in a Storm
Gouache on leather; H: 31.5 cm (i2^3 /8Ín.); W: 45.1 cm(17 13/16 in.)
87.00.39
MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS: None.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, London; sale, Chris-
tie's, London, December 12, 1985, lot 268; art market,
London.
EXHIBITIONS: Fourth Loan Exhibition, Magnasco Soci-
ety, Spink and Son, Ltd., London, 1927, no. 24.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: None.
RlCCI SEEMS TO HAVE MADE THE MAJORITY OF HIS
many drawings in this technique after his second return
to Italy from England in 1716. The scene with a stormy
sea may reflect the influences of Salvator Rosa and An-
tonio Peruzzini. It is interesting to note in this context
that Ricci rarely depicted seascapes in finished drawings,
though he did so with some frequency in his paintings.
It has been pointed out by G. Gruitrooy^1 that the stand-
ing figure wearing a windswept cloak at the bottom right
of this sheet recurs in very similar form in a painting in
the Palazzo Pitti, Florence (inv. 1890).i. In conversation with G. Goldner, 1988.110 ITALIAN SCHOOL • RICCI