Gabriele Ricciardelli

เกิด: 1743

ความตาย: 1782

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Gabriele Ricciardelli pictures for Naples' Palazzo Reale. He specialized in seascapes, and landscapes (vedute). He was influenced or trained by the painters Nicola Bonito and Jan Frans van Bloemen, (also known as Orizzonte). One institution described his work thus: His Irish scenes being distinguished by his excellently accurate portrayal of architectural features.
An auction cataloguer described him thus: Ricciardelli was exceptional among the Neapolitan view painters in that he spent part of his career in Ireland (Dublin 1753-1759) and England (1777). His four vedute of Naples, engraved by Antonio Cardon in 1765, found great success with the English nobility.
When in Dublin, c. 1753, his patrons included Ralph Howard, 2nd Viscount Wicklow, four of his views of Naples were in the Shelton Abbey sale of 1950; Thomas Dawson, Lord Dartrey; and Dublin's Rotunda Hospital, for which an unfinished commission. The dating of the Drogheda pair is based on the inclusion of St. Peter's Church of Ireland, which was rebuilt to a Palladian design from 1748 and re-consecrated, on 22 September 1752.
View of Drogheda, from Ballsgrove, oil-on-canvas, 28 x 60 inches.
View of Drogheda from Millmount, oil-on-canvas, 28 x 60 inches. Both these pictures are in Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, Drogheda, County Louth, Republic of Ireland.

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