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Francesco Guardi

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Brown ink and wash drawing of classical ruins with arches, columns and figures walking across a paved plaza.

An Architectural Capriccio, with Classical Ruins

ca. 1780-85

Pen and wash drawing of an arched colonnade with Corinthian columns, figures on a sunlit pavement, and a stormy sky.

A Colonnade, Partly Ruined, with Figures

ca. 1780-90

Pen and brown wash drawing of an imagined palace courtyard with tall arches, columns, and small figures.

Architectural Capriccio: Courtyard of a Palace (recto); Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Holding a Crucifix (verso)

1712-93

Pen and brown wash drawing of men playing dice beside a sunlit gothic church and bell tower in a Venetian square.

Dice Players in a Venetian Square

1712-93

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palace garden entrance with steps, columns, an arched doorway, a tall tree and small figures.

Architectural Capriccio: Garden Entrance to a Palace (recto); Three Masked and Costumed Figures and Other Figure Stud…

1712-93

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

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

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

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