Drawings & Sketches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grey wash drawing of a domed waterfront building with boats and sailing ships on calm water.