# Summer [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CIARDI, Guglielmo]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 55 x 89 cm ## Commentary Summer c. 1879 Oil on canvas, 55 x 89 cm Museo d'Arte Moderna, Ca' Pesaro, Venice The oppressive heat of a summer afternoon, released by the parched earth and echoed by the haystacks, is rendered in thick brush strokes that recall the technique of the Macchiaioli. This is the mature period of Ciardi's activity, which was to have great influence on contemporary and subsequent painting in the Veneto. ## Related artworks - [Harvest]() - [May Morning]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()