Francesco Guardi

1712 - 1793

The Punta della Dogana with Santa Maria della Salute

National Gallery

Guardi's painterly style is known as pittura di tocco (of touch)  This looser style of painting differs from the more linear and architecturally accurate style of Canaletto's painting.This style, a century later, would make Guardi's works highly prized by the French Impressionists.