Figure Studies, ca. 1765–70, Pen and brown ink, light and dark brown and grayish brown wash, 6 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. ( x 26 cm

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Figure Studies, ca. 1765–70, Pen and brown ink, light and dark brown and grayish brown wash, 6 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. ( x 26 cm), Drawings, Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice), This brown and gray wash study of figures clustered alongside a colonnade may have been preliminary to one of Guardi’s paintings of ceremonies celebrating the election of a Doge. It is generally recognized that these ceremonial pictures owe inspiration to the ubiquitous prints engraved by Giambattista Brustolon after Canaletto (Feste Dogali Ducal Ceremonies and Festival 1766

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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