GUARDI (Francesco)
(1712-1793)
59. — View of the Piazza of San Marco, Venice
View looking across the Piazza towards the campanile and San Marco. A number of figures give animation to the scene. In the foreground on the right, a group of three ladies and three gentlemen in conversation. Near the centre, two magistrates in robes.
Canvas, 3o 1/2 in. by 36 1/2 in. From the Collection of Miss Russell, West Hill, Putney.
GUARDI (Francesco)
(1712-1793)
60. — View of the Piazzetta. Venice
On the left the Doge's Palace, on the right the Zecca or Mint and Library, and the Campanile. A crowd of people throng round a high platform erected in the centre of the square, on which a company of acrobats are performing.
Signed : Francesco Guardi f. 1708.
Canvas, 191 2in. by 33in.
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