San Biagio on the Giudecca
1764–1835
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, on pale gray paper
Dimensions
4 9/16 x 7 5/16in. (11.6 x 18.6cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
Accession Number
59.23.50
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Art Historical Context
**San Biagio on theudecca** is a preparatory drawing by Giacomo Guardi (1764–1835), the son of the renowned Venetian vedutista Francesco. Created in pen and ink with brush and gray wash on pale gray paper, this intimate 4 /16 x 7 /16-inch sheet captures a quintessential Venice vista: the historic of San Biagio rising along the Giudecca canal, framed by and lively human figures. Guardi's work the late 18th- and early 19th-century Venetian tradition of *vedute—precise, atmospheric city that celebrated the lagoon's shimmering beauty architectural splendor. The mixed technique highlights Guardi's...
About the Artist
Giacomo Guardi · 1764–1835
Giacomo Guardi (1764–1835) was a Venetian painter who worked in the long shadow of his celebrated father, Francesco Guardi, one of the greatest vedutisti — view painters — of the eighteenth century. Born into one of Venice's most prominent artistic families, Giacomo received his training directly from his father, absorbing both the technical methods and the characteristic style that had made Franc...