Francesco Guardi, 1712 Venice - 1793, workshopPair paintingsOn the first picture, on the bank of a wide lake with a mountainous background, you can see an antique large trimph arch, which is partly overgrown and under which, and in the background, some figures are walking along the bank. The second painting show ancient ruins, which has an ancient temple, numerous fluted columns and architraves in front of simple huts belonging to the local residents. Painting in the typical manner of the famous artist. Francesco Guardi was an Italian rococo vedute and landscape painter. He first worked in the family's painting workshop. As a pupil and successor of Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), however, he concentrated on vedutas, especially Venetian views. His pictures are mostly characterized by lively light and shadow effects, some of which are impasto, as can also be seen in the small paintings on hand. In favor of a painterly effect, he adhered less precisely to typographical conditions. Oil on wood, 10,5 x 13 cm