Francesco guardi

The Wallace Collection is a national museum in an historic London town house in Manchester Square near Oxford Street. I took a number of photographs and details of many of the 17th-19th century paintings. The museum allows hand held photographs without a flash, in many places low light prevailed, so my photos are not sharp and serve as a personal reminder of this magnificent collection. www.wallacecollection.org/

Francesco Guardi, An Architectural Caprice, 1770-80. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.

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A CAPRICCIO WITH AN ELEGANT COUPLE APPROACHING AN ARCH DESCENDING TO A DOORWAY SURMOUNTED BY A STATUE OF MINERVA

Property from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition FundFRANCESCO GUARDIVenice 1712 - 1793 CAPRICCIO VI

Figures in a loggia below an elaborately stuccoed cupola, a courtyard beyond

An architectural capriccio with a man collecting branches and figures by ruins

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Francesco Guardi was, after Canaletto, the main painter of views of Venice in the 18th century. His early figurative paintings were carried out in association with his brother, Gian Antonio, but in about 1760 Guardi turned to view painting. Following Canaletto he recorded both the architecture of the city and the celebrations of its inhabitants in interior and exterior scenes.

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