# A Capriccio with a Ruined Gothic Arch

- By: Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/149039)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c6bb7439-234d-2229-2b95-3a51833f4814/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)