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

The Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi

c. 1763
Oil on canvas, 60 x 91 cm
Private collection

In the early part of the 1760s Guardi produced numerous masterpieces, among them the series of six vedute to which this painting belongs.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 4 minutes):
Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act IV, Barcarolle