The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fire at San Marcuola (recto); Roman Ruins (verso)

Francesco Guardi

1712–93

Attribution

Francesco Guardi Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk (recto); framing lines in pen and brown ink Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink at the left, top and bottom border in graphite at the right border (verso)

Physical dimensions

12-5/16 x 17-13/16 in. (31.2 x 45.2 cm)

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1937