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Francesco Guardi

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Brown ink and wash drawing of a vaulted passageway with arched niches, a shrine, a hanging lantern and a figure at left.

Architectural Capriccio: A Vaulted Passageway (recto); Ruined Loggia (verso)

18th century

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of a vaulted colonnade with tall columns, small figures, and a statue niche.

Architectural Capriccio: Vaulted Colonnade of a Palace

1712-93

Brown ink and wash drawing of an arched palace courtyard with staircases, balconies, columns and small figures.

Architectural Capriccio: Courtyard of a Palace

1712-93

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures on a grand staircase beneath a colonnaded arch with statues in niches.

Architectural Fantasy: Figures on a Grand Staircase

1712-93

Brown ink drawing of a city fire with burning rooftops, smoke, and a crowd of onlookers in the street below.

The Fire at San Marcuola (recto); Roman Ruins (verso)

1712-93

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lagoon with a tall tower, a sailboat, small figures and low buildings under a cloudy sky.

Lagoon Capriccio with a Tower

1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of a formal garden with a ruined arch, classical pavilions, walls, statues, and strolling figures.

Gardens of the Villa Correr, near Strà (recto); Study for The Transverberation of Saint Teresa of Jesus and a Study o…

1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of a Venetian piazza with columns, arcaded buildings, a tall tower and small figures.

The Piazzetta, Looking Toward San Giorgio Maggiore (recto); Two Columns (verso)

1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of a lagoon shore with buildings, tall cypress trees, a figure, and a distant sailing boat.

The Island of Anconetta (recto); Two Feet Wearing Pointed Shoes (verso)

1712-93

Ink and wash drawing of figures on a grand staircase beneath a stone arch, with a palatial facade and statue beyond.

Architectural Fantasy: Figures on a Grand Staircase (recto); Studies for the Frame of a Shaped Field (verso)

1712-93

Pen and green wash drawing of rococo scrollwork and leafy foliage forming an ornamental border around a blank center.

Design for a Framing Motif

1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of groups of cloaked figures walking on blue-grey paper, signed Guardi at lower left.

Studies for Groups of Walking Dressed Figures

1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of a capriccio harbor with a stone bridge, ruined towers, classical columns, ships and figures.

Capriccio with a Seaport and Classical Ruins

1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of a lagoon with rowing boats, a ruined archway, a leaning tree and a figure on the shore.

Capriccio with a Squall on the Lagoon

1775/80

Brown wash drawing of a classical stone gateway and ruined arch beside a canal with figures and boats.

Gateway Near a Landing Bridge

1780/85

Brown wash drawing of a lagoon with a fortress tower, gondolas and sailing boats under a pale sky.

The Fortress of San Andrea from the Lagoon

1780

Brown ink and wash sketch of an elegant couple, a gooseboy herding geese, and a standing gentleman with a cane.

An Elegant Couple, a Gooseboy, and a Gentleman [recto]

1780

Brown ink and wash sketch of two elegant couples, one on a rocky outcrop beside a branch, the other standing at right.

Two Elegant Couples [verso]

1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of ruined arches beside a lagoon with small boats and figures on a rocky shore.

A Capriccio of Ruins by the Lagoon

Brown ink sketch on blue paper of a woman in flowing dress struggling with a lion, by Francesco Guardi.

An Elegantly Dressed Woman Struggling with a Lion

1780

Brown wash drawing of a church and bell tower on a lagoon island, with gondolas and sailboats in the foreground.

The Island of San Clemente

Brown ink drawing of a church with a tall bell tower on a lagoon island, with gondolas and boats in the foreground.

The Island of Madonna della Grazia

Brown ink and wash drawing of a ruined triumphal arch with a small temple, palm trees, and horsemen on a distant hill.

Capriccio with Roman Ruins

18th century

Pen and watercolor design of a rococo cartouche framing a lagoon scene with a tower, sailing boats and small figures.

Decorative Cartouche with a Lagoon Capricco

1780