Sebastiano Ricci

Sebastiano Ricci
The Adoration of the Kings, 1726 (Royal Collection)
Born1 August 1659
Belluno, Veneto, Italy
Died15 May 1734(1734-05-15) (aged 74)
Venice, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationPainter
SpouseUnidentified wife (m. 1691)
Children1
FamilyMarco Ricci (nephew)

Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 1659  15 May 1734) was an Italian Baroque painter of the late Baroque period in Venetian painting. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting.

He was the uncle of Marco Ricci (1676 – 1730), who trained with him, and became an innovator in landscape painting.