Davide Fossati
Switzerland / Italy, b.1708, d.1791
Figures among Classical ruins (after Marco Ricci)
- 1743
- Etching
- Venice/Italy
- Presented by Gordon H Brown,1972
- 338 x 449mm
- 72/149
Tags: animals, buildings (structures), carriages (vehicles), horses (animals), landscapes (representations), monochrome, people (agents), ruins, sculpture (visual work), urban landscapes
This print depicts the painting 'Strada tra le rovine con figure cavalieri', formerly attributed to Marco Ricci (1676–1730) but now attributed to Francesco Guardi (1712-93). This painting is in the Martin von Wagner collection in Würzburg, Germany.
