Pietro Ricca (Saluzzo, 6 March 1838 - ) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes.
Biography Like his brother, he studied law and graduated in 1862, but also like his younger brother, Pietro Ricca, he became a landscape painter in Turin. Among his masterworks are: Le vicinanze of Turin, sent to the 1877 National Exposition of Naples; I dintorni di Bussoleno, exhibited in 1873 at Milan; Una nevicata, exhibited in Melbourne, Australia. His painting Il medico condotto was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition held in Ferrara to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ariosto.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, pages 412-413.
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