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Francesco Guardi
Architectural Capricciocirca 1770-1780

Not on view
Brown ink and wash drawing on rose-tan paper of classical ruins with a triumphal arch, dome, and small figures at the base
Artist or Maker
Francesco Guardi
Italy, Venice, 1712-1793
Title
Architectural Capriccio
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1770-1780
Medium
Pen and brown ink with wash on dark gray paper, with touches of white
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 × 12 1/4 in. (38.1 × 31.12 cm) Image: 15 × 12 1/4 in. (38.1 × 31.12 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
57.46
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Feinblatt, Ebria. Old Master Drawings From American Collections. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.
  • Davis, Bruce. Master Drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Stevens, Matthew, ed. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
  • Ames, Winslow. Italian Drawings from the 15th to the 19th Century. New York, NY: Shorewood Publishers, 1963.