Sketch of a Piazza / Francesco Guardi

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Accession Number: 2009/1.502
Title: Sketch of a Piazza
Artist: Francesco Guardi
Artist Nationality: Italian
Artist Life Dates: (1712 - 1793)
Medium and Support: ink on paper
Object Creation Date: 1735-1793
Credit Line: Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Dimensions: 26.67 cm x 31.75 cm (10 1/2 in. x 12 1/2 in.)
Physical Description: This sketchy, ink drawing on paper has four abstracted, standing figures on left half. On both sides of the drawing there are buildings; in the center there is a small, square building.
Primary Keywords: cities; drawing (image-making); piazzas
Secondary Keywords: scale; buildings and the land; descriptors; drawing and drawing techniques; image-making processes and techniques; open spaces; open spaces and site elements; open spaces by form; processes and techniques; processes and techniques by specific type; settlements; settlements and landscapes; settlements by form; squares (open spaces)
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2416 x 1768
File Size: 589 KB
Record: 2009/1.502
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.502/2009_1_502.jpg

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Full citation: "Sketch of a Piazza; Francesco Guardi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-1.502/2009_1_502.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.