The Baptism of Christ
Sebastiano Ricci
ca. 1713–14 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings
An artist of international reputation, Ricci left Italy for England in 1711 or 1712. This fine oil sketch is for the now-lost decoration of a wall in the duke of Portland’s chapel at Bulstrode House in Buckinghamshire. In 1733 George Vertue praised Ricci’s work in the chapel: “The whole a noble, free invention [with] great force of lights and shade, with variety and freedom in the composition of the parts.”
- Artist
- Sebastiano Ricci
- Date
- ca. 1713–14
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- Purchase, Rogers and Gwynne Andrews Funds, and Gift of Jane L. Melville, by exchange, 1981
