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Christ Served by Angels

Previously attributed to Sebastiano Ricci (AKA Sebastiano Rizzi; Bastiano Rizzi), Italian (Venetian), (1659–May 13, 1734)
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Creation date: ca. 1660
Creation place: Italy

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam and commemorating the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Fine Arts Society
Accession Number: 1950.109
State/Province: Venice
Dimensions: 70 3/4 in. x 62 1/2 in. (179.71 cm x 158.75 cm)

Provenance

Simonetta, Milan, Italy ( - ca. early 19th century)

Jacob M. Heimann, New York, New York ( - 1950)

Anne R. and Amy Putnam, San Diego, California (1950 - 1950)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (1950 - )

Label Copy

This large and accomplished canvas remains one of the more mysterious paintings in the Museum’s collection. It has traditionally been attributed to Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734), an attribution often questioned, but without any consensus regarding an alternate identification of the artist. Suggestions have ranged from 16th-century Venetian painters around Veronese to 18th-century Bolognese artists. It has also been proposed that the figures are by one artist and the landscape by another. The work depicts the moment in which Christ, after forty days of fasting in the desert, was served by angels.
Last Updated: 6/16/2015

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Art of Devotion The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/28/2016 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 175

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 277

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 632

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 72, 73, Figure Number: 73

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