Francsesco Guardi's View of the Palazzo Loredan: Clean your own Guardi canvas
This small painting by Francesco Guardi depicts in exquisite detail the embassy of the Holy Roman Empire in Venice.
Museum conservators have been busy cleaning the image, here is a before and after view of the image:
[image: View of the Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore on the Grand Canal, Venice [before cleaning]]
View of the Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore on the Grand Canal, Venice [before cleaning]
[image: View of the Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore on the Grand Canal, Venice [after cleaning]]
View of the Palazzo Loredan dell'Ambasciatore on the Grand Canal, Venice [after cleaning]
Date: About 1775-85
Media: oil on panel
Size: 24.3 x 35.5
Allocated by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, 2010
Accession Number: NMW A 29601
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Article: Francsesco Guardi's View of the Palazzo Loredan
17 November 2011Cleaning of Francsesco Guardi's View of the Palazzo Loredan by the museum's conservators has revealed the stunning clarity and radiance of Guardi's original work