Panaromic View of the Bacino di San Marco, Looking up the Giudecca Canal, 1780–93, 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), Drawings, Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice), Francesco Guardi succeeded Canaletto as the leading view painter in Venice in the second half of the eighteenth century. A prolific draftsman, his early drawings owe a debt to Canaletto's topographical style, while later sheets show a greater sensitivity to the changing light and atmosphere
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Panaromic View, Bacino di San Marco, Looking up, Giudecca Canal, 1780–93, Pen, brown ink, light brown wash, two sheets, paper, joined, 13 3/4 x 26 5/8, 34.9 67.6 cm, Drawings, Francesco Guardi, Italian, Venice, 1712–1793, succeeded, Canaletto, leading view, painter, second half, eighteenth century, prolific draftsman, early drawings, owe, debt, topographical style, later, greater sensitivity, changing light, atmosphere
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