Lagune bij Venetië
Francesco Guardi
1740 - 1800
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
5.6; 2.8; 44.6; 55.2
About this artwork
Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch
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...