The Rio dei Mendicanti
Giacomo Guardi
ca. 1804–25
Medium
Pen and brown ink, gray wash
Dimensions
4 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (12.3 x 20.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.356
Tags
BuildingsBridgesCanalsBoats
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...