Capriccio with an Island, a Tower, and Houses
Francesco Guardi
18th century
Medium
Oil on paper, laid down on Masonite
Dimensions
2 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (5.4 x 8.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture
Italian
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.94
Tags
HousesTowersLandscapes
About the Artist
Francesco Guardi · 1712–1793
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (1712–1793) was born into a noble family of painters from Trentino who had settled in Venice. His father, Domenico Guardi, a minor painter trained in Vienna, died in 1716, leaving young Francesco to inherit the family workshop alongside his brothers Giovanni Antonio (Gian Antonio) and Niccolò, both artists, and sister Maria Cecilia, who married the renowned Giovanni Battis...