A Capriccio with a Ruined Gothic Arch, by Francesco Guardi, 1770/89
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A Capriccio with a Ruined Gothic Arch

Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793)

1770/89

Medium
Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk on ivory laid paper
Classification
Drawing and Watercolor
Dimensions
17.5 × 24.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Culture
Italy
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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