Regatta op het Canal Grande bij de Rialtobrug te Venetië

About this artwork

height 48 cm x width 79 cm

Art Historical Context

Francesco Guardi’s “Regatta on the Grand Canal near the Rto Bridge in Venice” captures the sparkling energy of eighteenth-century Venetian life. Painted between 1780 and 1793 in oil on canvas, the modest-sized work (roughly 48 × 79 cm) shows gondolas and decorated boats gliding past the bustling Rialto Bridge, their reflections dancing on the water. Guardi, a leading figure of the Venetian vedute tradition, specialized in such lively city views that appealed to Grand Tour travelers eager to take home a souvenir of the lagoon city. Unlike the more precise architectural style of his contemporar...

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...