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Capriccio with a Square Tower and Two Houses
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Capriccio with a Square Tower and Two Houses

18th century

Medium

Oil on paper, laid down on Masonite

Dimensions

2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (5.7 x 8.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Classification

Paintings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Culture

Italian

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.