Piazza San Marco, Venice
after Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - Venice 1793)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
503 x 728 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771258
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Piazza San Marco, Venice after Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 – Venice 1793), 18th century. In foreground figures, well dressed, walking towards St Mark's cathedral. On right the Campanile stretches almost to the top of the picture with the Doges Palace just visible behind. Unglazed canvas and decorated gilt frame.
Provenance
On loan from V&A (Forster Bequest)
Makers and roles
after Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - Venice 1793), publisher