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1699 Vienna, Austria - 1760 Venice, Italy. Known for: History, orientalist theme painting.
Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699 - 23 January 1760), also known as Gianantonio Guardi, was an Italian painter. Guardi was one of the founders of the Venetian Academy in 1756. Born at Vienna, he was the... Read full biography
Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699 - 23 January 1760), also known as Gianantonio Guardi, was an Italian painter. Guardi was one of the founders of the Venetian Academy in 1756. Born at Vienna, he was the son of a minor Baroque painter from Trentino, and the elder brother of the more famous Francesco... Read full biography
Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699 - 23 January 1760), also known as Gianantonio Guardi, was an Italian painter. Guardi was one of the founders of the Venetian Academy in 1756. Born at Vienna, he was the son of a minor Baroque painter from Trentino, and the elder brother of the more famous Francesco Guardi. He may have received his artistic training in Vienna, where he is first recorded in 1719, but had established a workshop in Venice by 1730. Among his first important clients was the connoisseur... Read full biography
Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699 - 23 January 1760), also known as Gianantonio Guardi, was an Italian painter. Guardi was one of the founders of the Venetian Academy in 1756. Born at Vienna, he was the son of a minor Baroque painter from Trentino, and the elder brother of the more famous Francesco Guardi. He may have received his artistic training in Vienna, where he is first recorded in 1719, but had established a workshop in Venice by 1730. Among his first important clients was the connoisseur and collector Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, for whom Guardi multiple paintings with an Orientalist theme. He produced copies after the work of other artists, as well as a series of originals with Turkish-inspired interiors as easel pictures for... Read full biography
Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699 - 23 January 1760), also known as Gianantonio Guardi, was an Italian painter. Guardi was one of the founders of the Venetian Academy in 1756. Born at Vienna, he was the son of a minor Baroque painter from Trentino, and the elder brother of the more famous Francesco Guardi. He may have received his artistic training in Vienna, where he is first recorded in 1719, but had established a workshop in Venice by 1730. Among his first important clients was the connoisseur and collector Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, for whom Guardi multiple paintings with an Orientalist theme. He produced copies after the work of other artists, as well as a series of originals with Turkish-inspired interiors as easel pictures for private decoration. Antonio Guardi trained his younger brothers Nicolò and Francesco in his workshop, the latter working closely... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of Elisabetta Farnese, Queen of Spain, seated three-quarter-length, in an ermine-lined cloak, with a crown beside her, in a draped interior
Giovanni Antonio Guardi Auction: 04/25/2008Lot: 95Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA HAREM SCENE WITH SOLDIERS SMOKING AND ODALISQUES RELAXING AND PLAYING ON A SWING IN AN INTERIOR COURTYARD
Giovanni Antonio Guardi Auction: 06/08/2017Lot: 78Subscribe or get free alerts
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