![Francesco Guardi - The Grand Canal above the Rialto [1760s] by Gandalf's Gallery](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7299/9562348772_432ccc623c.jpg)
Francesco Guardi - The Grand Canal above the Rialto [1760s], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.
Here Guardi shows the bridge of the Rialto with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi and the vegetable market on the right. He has created an effect of snapshot-like immediacy by arbitrarily cropping the buildings at the left. The canvas dates to the 1760s and is a pendant of the view of Santa Maria della Salute.
[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Oil on canvas, 53.3 x 85.7 cm]