The Grand Canal with Palazzo Bembo

The artwork

A hazy morning on the Grand Canal: the palaces are mirrored in the green water, and the gondolas glide slowly into the distance. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The greys and pinks of the palaces, the green of the water, the pale sky.
• A calm, luminous view that opens up the space of a living room.
• A gift for anyone who loves Venice and its Grand Canal.

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) worked for many years in the family workshop with his elder brother Gianantonio, painting mainly altarpieces and figures. Only after his brother's death in 1760 did he devote himself to vedute, that is, portraits of the city, and he found a way of painting them that was all his own. This one dates from 1768.

On the left stands Palazzo Bembo, the Gothic palace of the old Venetian Bembo family; the canal stretches into the distance, full of boats. Guardi does not draw every window as Canaletto, the most famous of the view painters, would have done: he prefers the light trembling on the water and the outlines dissolving into the damp air of the lagoon. The original is in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

In a living room it opens a window onto Venice. An elegant gift for anyone who holds the city dear.

Unique quality material

Print on handmade Amalfi paper
Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)
With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges
Frame: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass