(Belluno 1659–1734 Venice)

Pair of works: The presentation in the Temple/ Adoration of the Kings. Circa 1724-26

Oil on canvas.

Each 56 x 76.5 cm

Provenance:
- Collection of Anton Maria Zanetti, circa 1763 .
- Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1937, No. 109 (Presentation in the temple).
- Galerie Dannecker Garbini Lugano, 1984.
-Swiss private collection, acquired at the above gallery.

Literature (presentation in the temple):
- Monaco, Pietro: Raccolta di centododici stampe di pitture della storia sacra, Venoce 1763, fig. 85 (engraving).
- Daniels, Jeffery: Sebastiano Ricci, Hove 1976, Cat. No. 516 (as missing work, know through the engraving by Pietro Monaco).
- Daniels, Jeffery: L’opera completa di Sebastiano Ricci, Milan, 1976, p. 129, Cat. No. 440.
- Apolloni, Davide: Pietro Monaco e la raccolta di cento dodici stampe di pitture della storia sacra, Venice, 2000, pp. 286-287, Cat No. 85.