GUARDI, Francesco
(b. 1712, Venezia, d. 1793, Venezia)

Piazzetta with the Libreria Vecchia

1760-65
Oil on canvas, 73 x 81 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

This painting belongs to a series of four (originally six) vedute designed after Canaletto's "Capricci ed altre Vedute ideate." Guardi's original contribution to this series was the addition of staffage figures which breathe life into the views of Venice.