Regatta in Venice

Regatta in Venice is a small oil-on canvas-painting executed c. 1770 by the Italian painter Francesco Guardi.

This brings the viewer's attention to the regatta, the traditional Venetian boat race.

The figures in Guardi’s picture push their oars into the water in different directions in a hurry to spin their boats.

Guardi's subject and style appears heavily Dutch influenced, with water, sky and light, prominent features in this architectural and perspectival composition.

Canaletto's The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Balbi in the Uffizi Gallery is painted from a similar viewpoint.