Francesco Guardi City View Painting ID:: 1823 Francesco Guardi1.jpg
City View The Hermitage, St.Petersburg
Francesco Guardi The Doge of Venice goes to the Salute on 21 November to Commemorate the end of the Plague of 1630 Painting ID:: 1825 Francesco Guardi3.jpg
The Doge of Venice goes to the Salute on 21 November to Commemorate the end of the Plague of 1630 1766-70
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Francesco Guardi The Bucentaur Departs for the Lido on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 1826 Francesco Guardi4.jpg
The Bucentaur Departs for the Lido on Ascension Day 1766-70
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Francesco Guardi The Doge in the Bucentaur at San Nicolo di Lido on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 1827 Francesco Guardi5.jpg
The Doge in the Bucentaur at San Nicolo di Lido on Ascension Day 1766-70
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Francesco Guardi rThe Doge Grants an Andience in the Sala del Collegin in the Ducal Palace (mk05) Painting ID:: 20719 new6/Francesco Guardi-749493.jpg
rThe Doge Grants an Andience in the Sala del Collegin in the Ducal Palace (mk05) Canvas 26 1/2 x 40''(67 x 101 cm)One of the series of Twelve scenes of Venetian festivals.Inv 325(MN)
Francesco Guardi The Coronation of the Doge on the Staircase of the Giants at the Ducal Palace (mk05) Painting ID:: 20720 new6/Francesco Guardi-663438.jpg
The Coronation of the Doge on the Staircase of the Giants at the Ducal Palace (mk05) Canvas 26 1/2 x 40''(67 x 101 cm)One of the Series of Twelve scenes of Venetian festivals INV 323 (MN)
Francesco Guardi The Doge Takes Part in the Festivities in the Piazzetta on Shrove Tuesday (mk05) Painting ID:: 20721 new6/Francesco Guardi-349263.jpg
The Doge Takes Part in the Festivities in the Piazzetta on Shrove Tuesday (mk05) Canvas,26 1/2 x 40''(67 x 100 cm)One of the series of twelvescenes of Venetian festivals INV 321
Francesco Guardi Venetian Gala Concert (mk08) Painting ID:: 21917 new7/Francesco Guardi-587629.jpg
Venetian Gala Concert (mk08) c.1782
Oil on canvas.
67.7x90.5
Munich,Bayerisch Staatsgemalde-sammlunge,Alte Pinakothek
Francesco Guardi Capriccio (mk08) Painting ID:: 21918 new7/Francesco Guardi-352364.jpg
Capriccio (mk08) c.1745
Oil on canvas
92x132cm
Milan,Crespi Collection
Francesco Guardi Gondola sulla laguna (mk21) Painting ID:: 22765 new7/Francesco Guardi-732834.jpg
Gondola sulla laguna (mk21) 1793 ca
Olio su tela,25 x 38 cm
Museo Poldi Pezzoli,Milano
Francesco Guardi Dal ciclo delle storie di Tobiolo (mk21) Painting ID:: 22768 new7/Francesco Guardi-936575.jpg
Dal ciclo delle storie di Tobiolo (mk21) 1750 ca
Chiesa dell'Angelo Raffiele (parapetto dell'organo),Venezia
Francesco Guardi Landscape Painting ID:: 29244 new3/Francesco Guardi-868998.jpg
Landscape mk65
ca.1790
Oil on canvas
47x60"
Francesco Guardi The Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 30302 new4/Francesco Guardi-346946.jpg
The Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day nn05
c.1770
The marriage of Venice with the sea
Francesco Guardi Details of he Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 30303 new4/Francesco Guardi-268768.jpg
Details of he Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day nn05
A golden parasol recalls Byzantium
Francesco Guardi Details of The Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 30304 new4/Francesco Guardi-563487.jpg
Details of The Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day nn05
The ship is a veritable monstrance
Francesco Guardi Details of he Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 30305 new4/Francesco Guardi-623757.jpg
Details of he Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day nn05
Pleasure under the roof of a gondola
Francesco Guardi Details of he Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 30306 new4/Francesco Guardi-223538.jpg
Details of he Departure of the Doge on Ascension Day nn05
From harsh reality to the illusion of beauty
Francesco Guardi Doge on the Bucentoro on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 30635 new4/Francesco Guardi-655396.jpg
Doge on the Bucentoro on Ascension Day mk68
Oil on canvas
Paris,Louvre
c.1773
Italy
Francesco Guardi Recreation by our Gallery Painting ID:: 32531 new9/Francesco Guardi-873598.jpg
Recreation by our Gallery mk79
About 1650
Francesco Guardi Venetian Gala Concert Painting ID:: 33794 new9/Francesco Guardi-868256.jpg
Venetian Gala Concert mk86
c.1782
Oil on canvas
67.7x90.5cm
Munich,Bayerische Staatsgemalde-sammlunge,Alte Pinakothek
Francesco Guardi Capriccio Painting ID:: 33795 new9/Francesco Guardi-486622.jpg
Capriccio mk86
c.1745
Oil on canvas
92x132cm
Milan
Francesco Guardi Harem Scene Painting ID:: 39934 new12/Francesco Guardi-826997.jpg
Harem Scene mk155
1742-1743
Oil on canvas
46x64cm
Francesco Guardi An Architectural Caprice Painting ID:: 40592 new16/Francesco Guardi-283673.jpg
An Architectural Caprice mk156
c.1770
Oil on canvas
54x36cm
Francesco Guardi Departure of Bucentaure towards the Lido of Venice on Ascension Day Painting ID:: 40606 new16/Francesco Guardi-993938.jpg
Departure of Bucentaure towards the Lido of Venice on Ascension Day mk156
1775-1780
Oil on canvas
66x101cm
Francesco Guardi Ladies-Concert at the Philharmonic Hall Painting ID:: 40613 new16/Francesco Guardi-286862.jpg
Ladies-Concert at the Philharmonic Hall mk156
c.1782
Oil on canvas
Francesco Guardi View of a Square with Palace Painting ID:: 41059 new16/Francesco Guardi-973824.jpg
View of a Square with Palace mk159
Oil on canvas
transferred from panel
27x23cm
Francesco Guardi St.Mark-s Basin with San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca Painting ID:: 41175 new16/Francesco Guardi-869398.jpg
St.Mark-s Basin with San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca mk157
72x97cm
Francesco Guardi Concert by the Orphan Girls Painting ID:: 41203 new16/Francesco Guardi-458542.jpg
Concert by the Orphan Girls mk157
1782
Oil on canvas
67.7x90.5cm
Francesco Guardi Fantastic Landscape Painting ID:: 41284 new16/Francesco Guardi-258378.jpg
1712-1793
Italian
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Francesco Guardi was born in Venice into a family of lesser nobility from Trentino. His father Domenico (born in 1678) and his brothers Niccolo and Gian Antonio were also painters, the latter inheriting the family workshop after the father's death in 1716. They probably all contributed as a team to some of the larger commissions later attributed to Francesco. His sister Maria Cecilia married the pre-eminent Veneto-European painter of his epoch, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
In 1735, Guardi moved to the workshop of Michele Marieschi, where he remained until 1743. His first certain works is from 1738, for a parish at Vigo d'Anuania, in Trentino. In this period he worked alongside his better-known brother, Gian Antonio. The first work signed by Francesco is a Saint Adoring the Eucarist (circa 1739).
His works in this period included landscapes as well as figure representations. His early vedutas show influence both from Canaletto and Luca Carlevarijs. On February 15, 1757 he married Maria Mattea Pagani, the daughter of painter Matteo Pagani. In the same year his brother Gian Antonio died and his first son, Vincenzo, was born. His second son, Giacomo, was born in 1764.
In 1763 he worked in Murano, in the church of San Pietro Martire, finishing a Miracle of a Dominican Saint clearly influenced by Alessandro Magnasco in its quasi-expressionistic style.
Francesco Guardi's most important later works include the Doge's Feasts, a series of twelve canvases celebrating the ceremonies held in 1763 for the election of Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo. In his later years, Canaletto's influence on his art diminished, as showed by the Piazzetta in the Ca' d'Oro of Venice. In circa 1778, he painted the severe Holy Trinity Appearing to Sts. Peter and Paul in the parish church of Roncegno.
Miracle of a Dominicane Saint (1763), Lugano, private collection.In 1782 Guardi was commissioned by the Venetian government six canvases to celebrate the visit of the Russian Archdukes in the city, of which only two remain, and two others for that of Pope Pius VI. On September 12 of that year he was admitted to the Fine Art Academy of Venice.
A stronger attention to colours is present in late works such as the Concerto of 80 Orphans of 1782, now in Munich, in the Façade of Palace with Staircase in the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo.
Guardi died at Venice in 1793.