Two paintings by Francesco Guardi return to Venice for exhibition at The Gritti Palace

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Two paintings by Francesco Guardi return to Venice for exhibition at The Gritti Palace
Francesco Guardi (1712–1793), Bucintoro to San Nicolò del Lido.



LONDON.- Robilant+Voena is presenting an exhibition of two paintings by Francesco Guardi (1712–1793), in partnership with The Gritti Palace, Venice. The exhibition is open from 6 April to 18 July. Returning to Venice after three centuries in private collections, the pair of works are a testament to the enduring magnificence of La Serenissima.

The paintings, Outward Voyage of the Bucintoro to San Nicolò del Lido and The Return of the Bucintoro to the Doge's Palace, depict the most magnificent and historic of Venetian traditions: the annual celebration of the Festa della Sensa. Still taking place on Ascension Day every year, the festival culminates in a spectacular ceremony representing Venice’s Marriage with the Sea. In these richly detailed paintings, Guardi captures the grand procession of the Bucintoro, the state barge, with the Doge and Senate on board, leaving the Doge’s Palace for the church of San Nicolò del Lido, and the barge’s subsequent return to the Palace. According to tradition, at San Nicolò, the Doge would cast a gold ring into the waters of the Adriatic to symbolise the union of the Venetian Republic and the sea.

Here Guardi illustrates the spectacle in all its pomp and splendour, with the richly decorated Bucintoro dazzling at the centre of each composition. The proliferation of smaller boats and fluttering red flags testify to the importance of the occasion, the only time of the year when the Bucintoro left its dock in the Arsenal. Such was the renown of the Festa della Sensa, that during the eighteenth-century it was a highlight of the Grand Tour, and visitors flocked to the city to witness the majesty of the procession, so vividly portrayed here by one of the foremost Venetian artists of the era, Francesco Guardi. Paintings like these were highly prized by collectors as mementos, and today they are among the most admired of Venetian views.

Both designated as National Treasures of Italy by the Italian State, these paintings are particularly notable as they are the only known pair in which Guardi depicted both the departure of the Bucintoro and its return to the Doge’s Palace, and are considered by scholars to be among the greatest achievements of his art.










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