Francesco Guardi (Venezia 1712-1793) bottega

Venice, the Giudecca Canal ------- Workshop of Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793) ------ Oil on canvas ------- Circa 1780 ------- 19th-century gilded frame ------- Canvas cm. 75 x 50 ------- Frame cm. 100 x 75 --------- The painting is in good condition ---- there are old restorations scattered in various places. ---------- The painting, of exceptional finesse, depicts a wide-ranging view of the Giudecca Canal with the Gesuati Church. ---- It is one of the images of Venice preferred by Francesco Guardi, who painted it in various compositions and different perspectives. ----- The most famous is probably the canvas exhibited in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. ------- The excellent pictorial technique of the painting published here places it directly among the reproductions made in his famous workshop. ------- The good condition of the work allows a complete reading of every detail of the splendid view, and to understand the extraordinary miniaturist capacity of the Author in describing the scene. SOLD