Landscape with Two Men Killing a Snake

Artist Marco Ricci (Italian, 1676 - 1730)

Titles

from Varia Marci Ricci pictoris praestantissimi experimenta

Date1730

MediumEtching

DimensionsPlatemark: 11 1/16 x 14 in. (28.1 x 35.6 cm) Sheet: 15 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (38.4 x 46 cm)

Credit LineFrom the collection of Adrian Eeles, Gift of Karen and Robert Hoehn

CultureItalian

MarkingsWatermark of crescent moon located CL

PortfolioVaria Marci Ricci pictoris praestantissimi experimenta

Catalogue raisonnéSucci 18

Object numberPC2021.19.30

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionPicturesque landscape of the Italian countryside, with trees in foreground, the Renaissance structures of a small village in the center, and a body of water and hillsides beyond with large, rolling clouds in the sky. Action animates the foreground: Two men try to kill a snake on the ground between them with rocks and sticks. A women and a dog flee the scene. Just behind them, two figures walk closely together, watching all unfold from a safe distance.

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