Francesco Guardi
1712 – 1793
Italian painter, the best-known member of a family of artists. He is now famous for his views of Venice, indeed next to Canaletto he is the most celebrated view painter of the 18th century, but he produced work on a great variety of subjects and seems to have concentrated on views only after the death of his brother Gianantonio (1699-1760). Until then Francesco's personality was largely submerged in the family studio, of which Gianantonio was head and which handled commissions of every kind.
75 artworks in collection
Locations
Works
The Lagoon with Boats, Gondolas, and Rafts
Private collection1758
The Lagoon from the Fondamenta Nuove
Private collection1759
The Giudecca Canal with the Zattere
Private collection1759
The Molo and the Riva degli Schiavoni from the Bacino di San Marco
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York1760
Santa Maria della Salute Viewed from across the Canal Grande
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna1760
The Market at the Molo with the View of San Giorgio Maggiore
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna1760
The Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi
Private collection1763
View of Piazzetta San Marco towards the San Giorgio Maggiore
Galleria Franchetti, Ca' d'Oro, Venice1770
View of the Piazza San Marco, Looking East
Private collection1775
Venetian Capriccio
Private collection1775
Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo Appears to the People in St Mark's Basilica in 1763
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels1775
The Punta di Dogana
Private collection1782
View of the Campo San Zanipolo in Venice
Private collection1782
Outward Voyage of the Bucintoro to San Nicolò del Lido
Private collection1785
Lagoon Capriccio with Ruins
Private collection
Church of Santa Maria Zobenigo
Private collection
View of Santa Maria della Salute Looking West
Private collection
The Four Church Fathers and the Virgin of Seven Sorrows with Saints
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
Venice: A View of the Entrance to the Grand Canal
Private collection