Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782

Francesco Guardi’s “Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice” dates to around c. 1783. It captures a ceremonial scene in the church with oil on canvas.

The painting is housed in the Cleveland Museum of Art. It measures 49.5 by 74.9 centimeters.

Guardi shifted to painting vedute after his brother’s death in 1760, developing a looser style over time.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.187.2

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