# Venice: A View of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore Seen from the Giudecca [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GUARDI, Francesco]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 46 x 72 cm ## Commentary The painting shows a view of the church of San Giorgio Maggiore without the Campanile. This view is unusual for the church is normally shown from the other side, with the façade at the left of the composition. Many of the views of San Giorgio Maggiore are taken from further back than in the present work and are panoramic, often including the Giudecca and a greater part of the lagoon in front. ## Related artworks - [An Architectural Caprice]() - [Audience Granted by the Doge]() - [Bacino di San Marco with San Giorgio and the Giudecca]() - [Bridge at Dolo]() - [Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo]() - [Canal Grande with Santa Lucia and the Scalzi Church]() - [Capriccio with Venetian Motifs]() - [Carnival Thursday on the Piazzetta]() - [Church of Santa Maria Zobenigo]() - [Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo Appears to the People in St Mark's Basilica in 1763]() - [Fire in the Oil Depot at San Marcuola]() - [Fire in the San Marcuola Oil Depot]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()