Venetian Capriccio with Boats Unloading (recto); Figures among Ruins (verso)
1760s/1770s
Medium
pen and brown ink over black chalk with gray-brown wash on laid paper (recto) black chalk, pen and two colors of brown ink, grey-brown wash on laid paper (verso)
Dimensions
sheet: 24.5 × 40.4 cm (9 5/8 × 15 7/8 in.) (irregular)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection
Accession Number
2022.75.3.a-b
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...