Sebastiano Ricci
Hercules Killing the Centaur Nessus

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Artist Sebastiano Ricci (Italian (Venetian), 1659–1734)Italian (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

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

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PAINTING

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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