Francesco Guardi

Artist

Francesco Guardi (1712–1793) was born in Venice into a family of minor nobility from Trentino and worked for years in the family workshop with his brothers; his sister Cecilia married the great painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. After his brother Gian Antonio died in 1760 he concentrated on vedute, views of Venice. The early ones follow Canaletto, but Guardi soon went his own way, with quick, flickering brushwork, shimmering light on the lagoon and sometimes freely invented architecture in his capricci. With his brothers he is regarded as one of the last representatives of the classic Venetian school. Our print, from Birmingham Museums, shows Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana at the entrance to the Grand Canal.

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