Prospero Ricca

{{Short description|Italian painter (1838–1895)}}{{Infobox artist

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| death_date = {{Death date and age |1895|1838}}

| birth_place = Saluzzo

| death_place = Cuneo

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Prospero Ricca (1838–1895) was an Italian painter, mainly of snowy landscapes. He was also a lawyer.L'acquaforte originale in Piemonte e in Liguria, 1860-1875, Guido Giubbini, 1976, Page 277.

He was born on 6 March 1838 in Saluzzo in the Piedmont region,{{Cite web |last=Comanducci |first=A. M. |title=Ricca Prospero |url=http://www.galleriarecta.it/autore/ricca-prospero/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=Recta Galleria d'arte - Roma |language=it}} where he resided for most of his life. He studied at the Accademia Albertina of Fine Arts in Turin. In 1872 at Milan he exhibited Palude; in 1877 at Naples, Dintorni of Turin and Paesaggio; in 1880 at Turin, Il lago d'Arignano ed i suoi castellani a caccia; at the 1881 Mostra of Venice, he displayed Nevicata: in 1883 at Rome, Grappoli d'uva; and the next year in Saluzzo La vedovella (Nevicata) and Presso Alpignano. Other paintings of this artist are: Povero parroco (Nevicata); Inverno; exhibited in 1887 at Venice, Nevicata; exhibited in 1888 at Bologna, Convento in Liguria.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti], by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, pages 412-413. He died in 1895 in Cuneo.{{Cite web |last=Comanducci |first=A. M. |title=Ricca Prospero |url=http://www.galleriarecta.it/autore/ricca-prospero/ |access-date=2025-06-14 |website=Recta Galleria d'arte - Roma |language=it}} His younger brother, Pietro Ricca was also a landscape painter.