Capriccio: The Lagoon
A grey, monochrome-toned capriccio shows a classical urn on a stone pedestal beside crumbling ruins at left. A white canvas tent sags over figures in the foreground, while sailing boats and small figures move across the calm water toward a hazy distant shore.
- Artist
- Francesco Guardi
- Date
- After 1770
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2094 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1793).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Regenstein