# Francesco Guardi

Italian, 1712–1793; born in Venice; died in Venice

Guardi worked for years in the family studio in Venice led by his elder brother Gianantonio, producing altarpieces and figure paintings, and became chiefly a painter of city views, especially after his brother’s death in 1760. Where Canaletto is crisp and exact, Guardi’s views and imaginary capricci are loose and flickering, with dissolving buildings and shimmering water. He also recorded the public ceremonies of the last decades of the Venetian Republic.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

4 works in the collection.

- [The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (painting series)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-tobias-and-the-angel-the-angels-appea-cma-129801), Francesco Guardi, 1750s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Sacrifice of Isaac](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-cma-129802), Francesco Guardi, 1750s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Tobias and the Angel](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tobias-and-the-angel-cma-129803), Francesco Guardi, 1750s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-antechamber-of-the-sala-del-maggior-consiglio-met-438023), Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–68. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.