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Francesco Guardi

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Painting of a ruined classical triumphal arch with columns, cloaked figures in the foreground, and boats on a lagoon under a

Triumphal Arch in Venice

1737

Painting of figures in a sunlit square seen through a stone archway, with a palace facade and grand staircase beyond.

View to a square with a palace

1775

Painting of the domed Santa Maria della Salute church in Venice, with gondolas and a sailing boat on the canal.

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

1770

Painting of a palace courtyard with tall columns, a large arch, and small figures walking beneath a cloudy sky.

Capriccio: A Palace Courtyard

Painting of onlookers under a stone arcade watching a hot-air balloon rise over a Venetian lagoon with boats.

Venice Hot-Air Balloon Rising

1784

Two paintings of ceremonial interiors with clergy in red robes, one a long decorated hall, the other a church nave with colum

Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifi…

c. 1783

Painting of a stone tower on a rocky shore with sailing boats on calm water and figures under a cloudy sky.

Landschap-Capriccio

1760

Painting of an ornate baroque church facade with a double staircase and a crowd of figures in a Venetian square.

Temporary Tribune in the Campo San Zanipolo, Venice

1782 or after

Painting of a ruined triumphal arch framing a lagoon town with a bell tower, sailboat, and small figures under a grey sky.

Caprice, avec arc triomphal en ruine et paysage du bord de la lagune

Painting of a shadowed Gothic arcade framing a sunlit street with elegant figures and a tall tower in the distance.

Arcades gothiques, avec paysage et figures

Painting of a sunlit Venetian courtyard with a staircase, arched doorway, small figures, and dogs under a blue sky.

A Venetian Courtyard

1770

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