View of Dolo on the Brenta, between 1774 and 1776

  • Francesco Guardi, Italian, 1712-1793

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 19 × 26 1/16 inches (48.2 × 66.2 cm)
  • 24 9/16 × 31 3/4 × 3 inches (62.4 × 80.6 × 7.6 cm)

Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

53.359

On View

  • European: Grand Tour of Italy, Level 2, South

Department

European Painting

Mr. Clark (London, England)

1926-1927, (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, England)

1927, purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb (Detroit, Micigan, USA)

1953-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Francesco Guardi, View of Dolo on the Brenta, between 1774 and 1776, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 53.359.