Panorama of Venice from the Bacino di San Marco, Including the Project for the Proposed Teatro Manin
Francesco Guardi
ca. 1788–93
Medium
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and a little body color
Dimensions
18 11/16 x 34 13/16 in. (47.5 x 88.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.341
Tags
VeniceBuildingsBoatsCanals
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...