The Return of the Buncintoro from S. Nicolò di Lido, c. 1778, Francesco Guardi, Italian (Venice), Italian (Venice), 1712–1793, 16 1/2 × 27 13/16 in. ( × cm) (sight)16 9/16 × 27 9/16 in. (42 × 70 cm) (sheet)25 1/4 × 36 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame), Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, Italy, 18th century, Venice, the island city whose romance pulls heartstrings all over the world, was once the seat of a powerful maritime empire. To recognize the source of its wealth and power, the city staged an annual ceremony symbolically marrying itself to the sea

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