Piazza San Marco, Looking toward the Basilica, Giacomo Guardi, ca. 1804–28

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Piazza San Marco, Looking toward the Basilica, ca. 1804–28, Pen and brown ink, gray wash, 4 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?)), This is one of a series of drawings, all in pen and ink, and gray wash, that formed part of an album housing forty-eight views of Venice and the surrounding islands. Recognizing the market incentive to produce rather prosaic drawings as keepsakes for visiting tourists, Giacomo made numerous such albums, repeating the compositions as necessary

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