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

Piazza San Marco

1760s
Oil on canvas, 62 x 96 cm
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

During the 1760s Francesco Guardi painted numerous views of the Piazza San Marco. They are characterized by a sharp division between the areas in shadow and the ones illuminated by light and by the low point of view, almost at the level of the square.