LONGHI, Pietro
(b. 1702, Venezia, d. 1785, Venezia)

Portrait of Francesco Guardi

c. 1760
Oil on canvas
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

Pietro Longhi produced few portraits and the attribution of this painting is still uncertain. This likeness of Francesco Guardi represents the last of the great Venetian Vedutisti.