Sebastiano Ricci
Hercules Killing the Centaur Nessus

ArtistItalian (Venetian), 1659–1734
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Hercules Killing the Centaur Nessus
Datec. 1700
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 35 1/2 × 44 1/2 in. (90.2 × 113 cm)
Frame (outer): 40 1/4 × 49 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (102.2 × 125.4 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1982.6
Non exposé

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ProvenancePrivate collection, England; [Shickman Gallery, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1982.
Exhibition History"Venetian Painting from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation" at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 14–November 25, 2001.

No Exhibition Title, Old Jail Art Center, Abeline, Texas, February 13–April 15, 2002; Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, April 16–June 17, 2002.

"Old Master paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Beeville Museum of Art, November 9, 2002 –February 12, 2003.

"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

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