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72 - Marco & Sebastiano Ricci (attributed to) - Moses brings fort…
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Estimate €20,000 - €40,000
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Marco & Sebastiano Ricci (attributed to) - Moses brings forth water from the rocks oil on canvas 73 x 98 cm An important composition with a biblical subject depicting the episode of Moses causing water to spring from the rocks, narrated in the Book of Exodus. In the centre of the scene the prophet, wrapped in ample robes moved by the wind, miraculously points to the spring destined to save the thirsty Jewish people during their journey through the desert. Surrounding him are groups of figures animated by strong emotional participation, including mothers with children, kneeling men and figures caught in attitudes of astonishment and supplication.The work has clear characteristics that can be traced back to the collaboration between Marco and Sebastiano Ricci, protagonists of early 18th-century Venetian painting. In fact, the scenographic theatricality of the composition, the lively narrative construction and the broad sweep of the landscape recall the figurative culture elaborated by the two artists, in which the monumentality of historical painting merges with the atmospheric and landscape sensibility typical of the Venetian school.In particular, the definition of the landscape and arboreal masses appears close to the hand of Marco Ricci, famous for his lyrical and theatrical interpretation of nature, while the setting of the figures, characterised by gestural dynamism and brilliant colouring, recalls the language of Sebastiano Ricci, one of the main interpreters of the great Venetian Baroque decoration.The scene also shows that typical fusion of pastoral landscape and sacred tale that characterises many inventions of the Ricci circle, in which the biblical datum is translated into a luminous, elegant and highly theatrical representation. Within frame.
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About the sale Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings and Drawings
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Auction time 06/12/2026 at 2:00 PM
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