# Portrait of Marshal Matthias von der Schulenburg [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GUARDI, Gianantonio]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Portrait of Marshal Matthias von der Schulenburg c. 1740 Oil on canvas Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice This is one of at least twenty portraits of the commander of Venice's land troops, documented as having been painted by Giovanni Antonio Guardi, for many years his preferred artist Inspired by the courtly tradition of European portrait painting, this portrait is notable for its chromatic quality, the sudden flashes of light illuminating the battle scene in the background, and for the detailed and incisive portrayal of the facial features. ## Related artworks - [Dergoumidas before the Grand Vizier]() - [Flight into Egypt]() - [Herminia and Vaprino Find the Wounded Tancred \(detail\)]() - [Herminia and Vaprino Find the Wounded Tancred]() - [Holy Family with St John the Baptist and St Catherine]() - [Madonna and Child with Saints]() - [Minerva]() - [Portrait of Ferdinand VI of Spain]() - [Rest on the Flight into Egypt]() - [The Amorous Turk]() - [The Angel Appears to Tobias]() - [The Death of Joseph]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()