Painting by Italian artist Sebastian Ricci “Sleeping nymph and two satire”. The size of the painting is 16 x 18.5 cm, oil on canvas.
A scene with a sleeping nymph and two satyrs is one of the paintings of mythological themes created during Sebastiano Ricci’s stay in England. In the years 1726-1734, Ricci performed for the English consul Smith a series of paintings in which the airy forms of his painting open endless possibilities for the imagination.
Among the late works of the painter Sebastiano Ricci, his work “Saint Gregoire”, written for the church of Sant’Alessandro della Croce in Bergamo, as well as the pictures “Ecstasy of Saint Theresa”, “Rebekah and Eleazar at the Well” and “Magdalene Masking Feet” deserve unconditional attention. Christ. “