In 1785 he founded the Atesine Academy of Fine Arts: during his reign arts and culture flourished, and among his protegées were Lazzaro Spallanzani, Giambattista Venturi, Girolamo Tiraboschi, Lodovico Ricci and others.
Christina Ricci | Ruggiero Ricci | Lodovico Castelvetro | Lodovico Grossi da Viadana | Nino Ricci | Lodovico Ricci | Giuseppe Pasquale Ricci | ''Endymion and Selene'', by Sebastiano Ricci | Scipione de' Ricci | Ricci Harnett | Pasquale Ricci | Marco Ricci | Lodovico Zacconi | Lodovico Rocca | Lodovico Pogliaghi | Lodovico Lazzarelli | Lodovico Agostini | ''Jove and Semele'' (1695) by Sebastiano Ricci | Giovanni Ricci | Franco Maria Ricci | Catherine Tofts (in white), Margherita de l'Épine (with a red muff) and some opera musicians
(''Rehearsal of an opera'', by Marco Ricci |