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Fossati (Davide Antonio 1708-1791). XXIV Tabulas Olim a Marco Ricci Bellunensi Colorib. Expressas, quae extant in aedibus Joseph Smith, et Antonii Mariae Zanetti, D.A.F. qui eas del incid. et in lucem edit, Venice, 1743, decorative engraved title, and 17 (of 24) fine engravings on laid paper after Marco Ricci (plates numbered III-VII, X-XI, XIII-XV, XVII-XXIII), some minor soiling and pale spotting to margins only, a few light dampstains to extreme edges (generally unobtrusive), plate size 25 x 35.5 cm (9.75 x 14 ins), sheet size 36 x 51.5 cm (14.25 x 20.25 ins) (Qty: 18) Cicognara 2094; Sonino, Marco Ricci (1991), pp. 243-255. 'Executed with gusto' according to Cicognara, Fossati's fine engravings illustrate the painted designs executed by Marco Ricci formerly in the renowned collection of Consul Joseph Smith (later purchased by George III in 1762), and Antonio Maria Zanetti. The series is dedicated to Count Francesco Algarotti. Marco Ricci produced many landscape paintings executed in tempera or gouache on leather, typically measuring 31 x 45 cm, 33 of which are now in the Royal Collection, previously owned by Joseph Smith, a friend and contemporary of the artist.