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Capriccio with a Seaport and Classical Ruins
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Capriccio with a Seaport and Classical Ruins

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk

Dimensions

9-13/16 x 18-7/16 in. (24.9 x 46.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Francesco Guardi

1712–1793Republic of Venice

Venetian painter, during the first half of his life focused on decorations and church paintings; later became a successful vedutista (view painter) of Venetian urban life.