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| Sebastiano Ricci Allegory of Marcantonio Colonna's Victory at Lepanto 1693-95 fresco Palazzo Colonna, Rome |
Venetian painter Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734) helped shape the visual preferences of a new century. He pioneered the bright-toned chiarista taste, which the Tiepolos would expand and bring to dominance as the 18th century unfurled itself. Several generations of luminous colorists reacted against the previously dominant 17th-century somberness of so-called tenebrosi like Luca Giordano (the remote heir of Caravaggio's palette).
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| Sebastiano Ricci Neptune and Amphitrite ca. 1691-94 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Sebastiano Ricci St Anthony of Padua healing a youth ca. 1690 oil on canvas Louvre |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Bacchus and Ariadne ca. 1691 94 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Time Bearing Truth 1697-98 fresco Palazzo Zane, Venice |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Battle of Romans and Sabines ca. 1700 oil on canvas Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Abduction of Sabine Women ca. 1700 oil on canvas Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Venus and Adonis 1705-06 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Punishment of Amor by Anteros 1706-07 oil on canvas Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi, Florence |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Diana and Calisto 1712-15 oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Nymphs and Satyrs 1712-15 oil on canvas Louvre |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Venus and Satyr 1718-20 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Bathsheba Bathing ca. 1725 oil on canvas Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
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| Sebastiano Ricci St Francis of Paola 1733 oil on canvas Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice |