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Sebastiano Ricci

1659-1734

Venetian School. Born 1659; died 1734. In his early years in Venice he was a pupil of Mazzoni, but in his subsequent travels his style continued to develop under the influence of Correggio, Pietro da Cortona, Magnasco, Veronese, and others. He became one of the most significant Italian artists of the late seventeenth century and the early eighteenth, translating the rich color and stately forms of Veronese, through the nervous technique of Magnasco, into a brilliant, sparkling pre-Rococo style which opened the way for Tiepolo. He was active not only widely in Italy and especially in Venice, but also in London, Vienna, and Paris.
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