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Also Known As Giovanni Anntonio Guardi • Giannantonio Guardi
Born May 1699 • Vienna • Austria
Died January 23, 1760 (aged 60) • Venice • Italy
Movement / Style Rococo • Venetian school
Notable Family Members brother Francesco Guardi
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Italian painter
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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“Fortune Teller,” oil painting by Piazzetta, 1740; in the Accademia, Venice
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Pietro Longhi
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The Synagogue, oil on canvas by Alessandro Magnasco, 1725–30; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
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The Finding of Moses, oil on canvas by Paolo Veronese, probably 1570/75; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 58 × 44.5 cm.
Paolo Veronese
Italian painter
Antonio Vivarini
Italian painter
“The Virgin Enthroned with Child and Saints” by Crivelli, 1491; in the Prussian Cultural Property Foundation, Gallery of Paintings, Berlin
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Italian painter
Jacopo Bellini: The Nativity
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Vittore Carpaccio
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Paris Bordone
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Antonello da Messina: Virgin Annunciate
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“Pietà,” panel painting by Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1517; in the Civic Museum, Viterbo, Italy
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Bartolomeo Vivarini
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Giovan Francesco Caroto
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