A Fair in the Piazza San Marco seen through an Archway at the South-east end, Venice
follower of Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - Venice 1793)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1829
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
955 x 831 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771253
Summary
Oil painting on paper laid down on on canvas, A Fair in the Piazza San Marco seen through an Archway at the South-west end, Venice, by a follower of Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 – Venice 1793), early 19th century. Looking through an archway towards the Campanile, a colonaded building on the right, on the left occupying the middle of the square a line of tented stalls. Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) was born in Venice and specialised in little views of the city. He was a collaborator of Canaletto when he was in his 40s and became later popular running a large studio of his own. He trained both his younger brother Nicolò and his son Giacomo, whose work is well known and who imitated his father's style. This painting is a copy with variations of a composition respectively executed by both Canaletto and F. Guardi, which differ between them. The present work looks closer to Guardi's version. It shows a fair in the Piazza San Marco in Venice, scattered with small figures, and the whole view is seen through an archway with the basilica and the campanile in the background under a wide blue sky. [From V&A description]
Provenance
On loan from V&A
Makers and roles
follower of Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - Venice 1793), artist