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Giacomo Guardi

Piazza San Marco, Looking toward the Basilica

ca. 1804–28
Pen and brown ink, gray wash
12.5 × 21.2 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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