View of the Giudecca Canal and the Zattere – (Francesco Guardi) ◄ Previous Next ►

Artist: Francesco Guardi

Date: 1758

Size: 19 x 72 cm

Technique: Oil On Canvas

This canvas is a good example of a genre that became very popular in the eighteenth century, particularly among Venetian artists: the veduta, or view. Paintings of this sort were commissioned or purchased by English travellers or art-lovers. Francesco Guardi, who was strongly influenced by Canaletto