Capriccio with Roman Ruins, Francesco Guardi, 18th century
Capriccio with Roman Ruins, 18th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite; framing outlines in pen and brown ink drawn by the artist; sheet glued onto secondary paper support, sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. ( x 40 cm), Drawings, Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice), While the idyllic, imaginary subject matter of this large composition is typical of Venetian paintings, drawings, and prints of the mid- to late eighteenth century, it is Guardi's realization of such drawings that ranks them as great feats of artistic virtuosity
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