Francesco Guardi

(1712–1793) italiensk konstnär, 1712-93

Francesco Guardi (1712–1793) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Francesco Guardi belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.

Francesco Guardi was born in Venice and died in Cannaregio. Francesco Guardi worked in Venice. Wikidata associates Francesco Guardi with Rococo.

The best-known works include ‘A Regatta on the Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in Venice’, ‘Landscape with a Quay and Ships on a Lake’, ‘The Doge Alvise IV. Mocenigo on the Bucentaur near the Riva di Sant'Elena’, and ‘The Parlor of the Nuns at San Zaccaria’. The works belong mainly to the genres Veduta and landscape painting. The catalogue has 250 works by Francesco Guardi with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–1850. Works by Francesco Guardi are held by several collections, among them National Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Wikidata links 4 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Rococo’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Johan Hörner, Noël Hallé, Carl Gustaf Pilo, Daniel Tilas, and Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich.

• Rococo
• Miracle of a dominican Saint (Gonzalo di Amarante?)
• The Doge Alvise IV. Mocenigo on the Bucentaur near the Riva di Sant'Elena