Gabriele Ricciardelli

Gabriele Ricciardelli (born c. 1690, flourished c. 1743– c. 1777 or 1782), was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in depicting landscapes.

Biography

He was born in Naples to an engraver and landscape painter, Giuseppe Ricciardelli. He trained under Nicola Bonito in Naples, but then moved to Rome to train under Jan Frans van Bloemen, (also known as Orizzonte), where he encountered the work of Gaspard Poussin and Claude Lorraine.[1] Grossi cites his death circa 1760.

He was active and popular in Naples in the court of Charles of Bourbon, employed at Portici and he provided them with several over-doors ('sopraporte') pictures for Naples' Palazzo Reale. He specialized in seascapes, and landscapes (vedute). One institution described his work thus: His Irish scenes being distinguished by his excellently accurate portrayal of architectural features.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

  • View of Drogheda, from Ballsgrove, oil-on-canvas, 28 x 60 inches.
    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.
    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.

References
  1. Le belle arti, Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 197.
  2. Drogheda Municipal Art Collection
  3. information from Christie's Old Master Picture Sale, SALE 5965, 5 December 2012, London, King Street, lot 253.
  4. Drogheda Municipal Art Collection
  5. "A Brief History of St. Peter's Church of Ireland, Drogheda - St Peter's Church of Ireland, Drogheda". Archived from the original on 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2014-08-16.


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