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Capriccio with Roman Ruins
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Capriccio with Roman Ruins

18th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite; framing outlines in pen and brown ink drawn by the artist; sheet glued onto secondary paper support

Dimensions

sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (27.6 x 40 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

From the Collection of Rita and Frits Markus, Bequest of Rita Markus, 2005

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.