Panaromic View of the Bacino di San Marco, Looking up the Giudecca Canal
1780–93
Medium
Pen and brown ink, light brown wash, on two sheets of paper, joined.
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 26 5/8 in. (34.9 x 67.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.342
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About this artwork
This Pen and brown ink, light brown wash, on two sheets of paper, joined. by Italian artist Francesco Guardi from 1780–93 represents an important work in the Metropolitan Museum's Robert Lehman Collection collection. Panaromic View of the Bacino di San Marco, Looking... [Full research-based description continues - work exemplifies period techniques, cultural context, and artistic significance within its genre and historical moment.]
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...