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Francesco Guardi

1712

WA-00043682

PaintingRococo

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None documented

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WikidataQ318769

Field Verification (7 fields)

2 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (2)

Nga
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/francesco-guardi
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Francesco Guardi was a Venetian painter and nobleman who worked in the twilight of the Rococo tradition, creating atmospheric vedute and architectural views of Venice with a distinctive lightness of touch. His technique abandoned the precise topographical accuracy favored by predecessors in favor of feathery brushwork and luminous color, emphasizing mood and atmosphere over documentary detail. Among the final masters of the classic Venetian school, Guardi's paintings capture the city's lagoons and piazzas as subjects of poetic reverie rather than architectural record.

Source: Nga · Trust score: 85% · Updated 10d ago

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Movement

Rococo

Medium

Painting

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto)

1782 · pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash

Sheet: 25.9 x 36.8 cm (10 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto); Three Sketches of Arches (verso)

1782 · pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash

Sheet: 25.9 x 36.8 cm (10 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Piazza San Marco, Venice

1780 · 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

Sheet: 31.3 x 46.5 cm (12 5/16 x 18 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Panaromic View of the Bacino di San Marco, Looking up the Giudecca Canal

1780 · Pen and brown ink, light brown wash, on two sheets of paper, joined.

13 3/4 x 26 5/8 in. (34.9 x 67.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Regatta on the Grand Canal, near the Rialto Bridge, Venice

1780 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

depth: 9.5 cm, width: 79 cm, height: 48 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Grand Canal above the Rialto

1767 · Oil on canvas

21 in. × 33 3/4 in. (53.3 × 85.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio

1765 · Oil on canvas

13 3/8 x 20 in. (34 x 50.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Santa Maria della Salute

1763 · Oil on canvas

21 x 33 3/4 in. (53.3 x 85.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with a Quay and Ships on a Lake

1760 · canvas, oil paint (paint)

thickness: 3 cm, width: 70.5 cm, height: 45.5 cm, depth: 8.4 cm

Rijksmuseum

Fantastic Landscape

1760 · Oil on canvas

Irregular, 61 1/4 x 74 1/2 in. (155.6 x 189.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venice from the Bacino di San Marco

1760 · Oil on canvas

48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tobias and the Angel

1750 · oil on canvas

Framed: 70.5 x 90.5 x 6.5 cm (27 3/4 x 35 5/8 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Kleine kapel van een klooster op één van de eilanden bij Venetië

1750 · brush on chalk, cartridge paper, ink

width: 292 cm, height: 184 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Sacrifice of Isaac

1750 · oil on canvas

Framed: 71 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 15/16 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Angels Appearing to Abraham

1750 · oil on canvas

Framed: 71 x 90.5 x 7 cm (27 15/16 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels

1750 · oil on canvas

Framed: 70.5 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 3/4 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Liggende en een lopende hond

1722 · pen on paper, ink, pencil

width: 122 cm, height: 119 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (5)

17 published of 39 catalogued · 30 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
6 published6 img
Rijksmuseum
4 published4 img
+ 2 more sources · 22 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Landscape with a Quay and Ships on a Lake
1760 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Regatta on the Grand Canal, near the Rialto Bridge, Venice
1780 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Sacrifice of Isaac
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Piazza San Marco, Venice
1780 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto); Three Sketches of Arches (verso)
1782 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Angels Appearing to Abraham
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto)
1782 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Tobias and the Angel
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Kleine kapel van een klooster op één van de eilanden bij Venetië
1750 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

47 assets

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Venice, A View of the Piazza San Marco from the Museo Correr)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Francesco guardi, veduta del canal grande verso rialto coi palazzi grimani e manin, 03

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Relationships

Movements1

Rococo

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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