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Giacomo Guardi

The Island of Povegila, with British Naval Officers Embarking

before 1797 or 1814–15
Pen and brown ink, gray wash
12.5 × 21.1 cm (4.9 × 8.3 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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