Portrait Of A Boy In Uniform

Francesco Guardi, Italian, 1712-1793

Oil on Canvas, undated

 

Francesco Guardi worked in the Guardi family workshop. Most of his works were landscapes, but he did do an occasional portrait. The boy in the painting was the son of Senator Gradenigo, a prominent Venetian and known patron of Guardi. He is obviously quite self-satisfied and Guardi catches it beautifully.

 

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