Venetian Scene

18th century · Drawing

Can I see it?

Not on view at present

Where is “Venetian Scene” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

Cambridge, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

5 October 1712
Born
mid-1750s
Turns to the city view
Francesco Guardi’s turn to the veduta, the city view, is dated to the mid-1750s. Other accounts say he concentrated on vedute after his brother’s death in 1760. His early views show the influence of Canaletto and Luca Carlevarijs.
15 February 1757
Marries Maria Mattea Pagani
Francesco Guardi married Maria Mattea Pagani, daughter of the late painter Matteo Pagani.
1764
Shows views of San Marco and the Rialto in the Procuratie
Guardi exhibited two views in the Procuratie building in Venice — Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge, taken with the aid of a camera obscura “at the request of an anonymous English foreigner”, possibly the British consul Joseph Smith, a collector and publisher of prints.
27 January 1769
His wife dies after childbirth
On 14 January 1769 Guardi’s third son, Giovanni Battista, was born but died three days later; on 27 January the painter’s wife, Maria Mattea, also died of complications after the birth.
1 January 1793
Died