Work Record
Class [controlled]: • paintings  • European art
*Work Type [link]:  • painting
*Title: Landscape with Classical Ruins and Figures  Title Type: repository
*Creator Display:  Marco Ricci (Venetian, 1676-1730), figures by Sebastiano Ricci (Venetian, 1659-1734)
*Role [link]: painter  Extent [controlled]: • landscape  • architecture   [link]: Ricci, Marco
*Role [link]: painter  Extent [controlled]: • figures  [link]: Ricci, Sebastiano 
*Creation Date: ca. 1725-1730  [controlled]: • Earliest: 1720  • Latest: 1735
*Subject [links]: • landscape  • ruins  • human figures  • Dionysos (Greek deity)  • Classical architecture  • obelisk
Culture [link]: Italian
*Current Location [link]: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, USA)  • ID: 70.PA.33
*Measurements: 123.2 x 161.3 cm (48 1/2 x 63 1/2 inches)
[controlled]:  • Value: 123.2 Unit: cm Type: height  |  • Value: 161.3 Unit: cm Type: width
*Materials and Techniques:  oil on canvas
Material [links]:  • oil paint  • canvas  Technique [links]: • painting
Description: In this fantastic vista, Marco Ricci combined ancient Roman monuments, such as an obelisk, sections of temples, and statues, to create a scene both picturesque and evocative of the power of the ancient world.
Description Source [link]: J. Paul Getty Museum online. www.getty.edu  Page: accessed 22 October 2006

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