After Francesco Guardi - The Grand Canal with Santa Lucia and Santa Maria di Nazareth

After Francesco Guardi, 19^th Century

The Grand Canal with Santa Lucia and Santa Maria di Nazareth

Oil on canvas on panel; set within a period style frame

Provenance: A country house, Frome, Somerset, England

Guardi and Canaletto are perhaps the two greatest painters of Venice and their works record the golden age of the city during the 18^th century. Unsurprisingly, images by them were much collected and sought after and copies were in high demand during their lifetimes and later.

This fine view depicts part of the Grand Canal seen from one bank. The first building is the church of Santa Lucia, followed by a series of constructions of similar height including the now demolished palaces of Lion-Cavazza and Bragadin-Vescovi, leading the eye to Santa Maria di Nazareth, better known in the present day as Santa Maria degli Scalzi. It is this stretch that many modern visitors first encounter as they leave the railway station which now occupies the site.

The Original is with the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid