Sebastiano Ricci
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Sebastiano Ricci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. 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.
Venus and Adonis
Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, circa 1705. (High Museum of Art)
The apse of the chapel, Royal Hospital Chelsea, showing Ricci's painting of the Resurrection c. 1710–15
Royal Hospital Chelsea
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The Royal Hospital Chelsea is an Old Soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse, the ancient sense of the word "hospital", it is a 66-acre (27 ha) site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, London. It is an independent charity and relies partly upon donations to cover day-to-day running costs to provide care and accommodation for veterans.
Figure Court of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
An inscription on the statue of a Pensioner outside the hospital
Sir Stephen Fox (1627–1716), the inspiration behind the founding of the hospital, and a generous benefactor. Portrait by John James Baker, collection of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
![Sergeant William Hiseland, [1620–1732] an English Civil War cavalier and one of the first pensioners to be admitted to the Royal Hospital in London](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/William_Hiseland.jpg/500px-William_Hiseland.jpg)
Sergeant William Hiseland, [1620–1732] an English Civil War cavalier and one of the first pensioners to be admitted to the Royal Hospital in London