Venetian Waters

Catalog no. 0000810

MediumOil on Canvas
Size20⅜ x 28 Inches
SignedSigned LL: Rico
DateCirca 1880

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About the artist

Considered a definitive 19th century painter of scenes of the immortal city of Venice, alongside American Thomas Moran and Peruvian Federico del Campo, Spanish artist Martin Rico y Ortega mastered light qualities within his romantic real-life compositions. Born in Madrid, he would later make his home in Paris, and annually summered on the northwest Italian shore. It was the canals, architecture and people of the ancient city which inspired Rico to his greatest works. At first Rico gained wide recognition in his homeland at a young age, winning a government scholarship after his formal…

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