Piazza San Marco, Venice — Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) | DiscoverArt

Francesco Guardi

Piazza San Marco, Venice

1780s

pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with brush and gray wash (possibly chalk) and traces of black chalk, framing lines in brown and black ink

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Francesco Guardi painted the Piazza San Marco at least twenty times during his life, in addition to a number of drawings.

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