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Venetian, 1712–1793

Francesco Guardi

334results on record
75%sell-through
$88,447median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$42,716,793record in our coverage

Drawn from 334 recorded results (308 sold · 26 passed) across 12 auction houses, 1998–2026. 1 upcoming lot on the ledger. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer method · log scale

$128K$257K$385K1998: $133K median, 4 sold1999: $62K median, 1 sold2000: $37K median, 5 sold2001: $49K median, 2 sold2002: $88K median, 8 sold2003: $64K median, 14 sold2004: $44K median, 24 sold2005: $30K median, 18 sold2006: $113K median, 22 sold2007: $178K median, 12 sold2008: $25K median, 11 sold2009: $120K median, 6 sold2010: $67K median, 12 sold2011: $475K median, 6 sold2012: $62K median, 17 sold2013: $47K median, 9 sold2014: $122K median, 8 sold2015: $266K median, 12 sold2016: $127K median, 19 sold2017: $152K median, 16 sold2018: $81K median, 8 sold2019: $166K median, 6 sold2020: $81K median, 6 sold2021: $35K median, 7 sold2022: $384K median, 9 sold2023: $66K median, 9 sold2024: $31K median, 4 sold2025: $44K median, 15 sold2026: $142K median, 10 sold19982005201220192026

Where does a value land in this market?

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The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.

$88K$339$43M

Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.

By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian result (USD)
painting 96 78% $128,681
works on paper 30 100% $34,108
ceramics & design 3 100% $35,280

Medium is recorded for 129 of 334 results (39%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Sir Peter Paul Rubens Francesco Guardi Sir Peter Paul Rubens

$1.6M$3.3M$4.9M1998: $356K median1999: $689K median2000: $2.1M median2001: $254K median2002: $467K median2003: $3.7K median2004: $11K median2005: $19K median2006: $7.6K median2007: $21K median2008: $24K median2009: $187K median2010: $18K median2011: $39K median2012: $54K median2013: $41K median2014: $43K median2015: $38K median2016: $629K median2017: $12K median2018: $48K median2019: $6.1M median2020: $4.6M median2021: $930K median2022: $234K median2023: $3.8M median2024: $638K median2025: $1.7M median2026: $2.0M median1998: $133K median1999: $62K median2000: $37K median2001: $49K median2002: $88K median2003: $64K median2004: $44K median2005: $30K median2006: $113K median2007: $178K median2008: $25K median2009: $120K median2010: $67K median2011: $475K median2012: $62K median2013: $47K median2014: $122K median2015: $266K median2016: $127K median2017: $152K median2018: $81K median2019: $166K median2020: $81K median2021: $35K median2022: $384K median2023: $66K median2024: $31K median2025: $44K median2026: $142K median19982005201220192026
MetricFrancesco GuardiSir Peter Paul Rubens
Median result$88,447$40,753
Record price $42,716,793 $58,447,212
Results on record334264
Years active at auction 1998–2026 1998–2026

Related artists: Sir Peter Paul RubensFrançois BoucherSir Anthony Van DyckHubert Robert Paris

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

74/ 100
  • Sell-through75%
  • Meets estimate62%
  • Market depth334 results

How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →

Where this artist sells best

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Sotheby's 185 84% $72,916 0.86×
Christie's 116 88% $126,614
Dorotheum 16 69% $81,047
Koller 3 $24,853
Lempertz 4 33% $14,141
Bonhams 3 33% $51,175 0.83×
Bertolami Fine Art 2 50% $13,367
Tiroche 1 100% $1,375 0.81×
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG 1 100% $11,894 0.57×
Deutsch Auktionen 1 0%
Casa d'aste Boetto 1 0%
Cutler Bay Auctions 3 0%

The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →

Prices realized 337 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 26 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2026·07 attributed Oil on canvas Deutsch Auktionen
2026·07 Capriccio landscape with a ruined arch and figures beside a lagoon $79,839–$106,452 Sotheby's
2026·07 Venice, the entrance to the Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute $159,678–$239,517 Sotheby's
2026·07 Venice, a view of the Piazza San Marco looking east towards the Basilica $198,603–$331,005 Sotheby's
2026·06 Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore oil on canvas laid down on panel $60,000–$80,000 Christie's
2026·06 Capriccio of a Lagoon with Figures and a Ruined Arch Beyond $100,000–$150,000 Sotheby's
2026·06 Capriccio with Figures by a Lagoon, a Ruined Arch, and a Temple Beyond $100,000–$150,000 Sotheby's
2026·04 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2026·03 A pair of capriccio river landscapes with figures in the foreground $34,776–$46,368 Sotheby's
2026·02 Venice, A View of the Island and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore $150,000–$200,000 Sotheby's
2026·02 A capriccio with a classical arch beside a river bank with a fisherman and the atrium of a villa in the distance oil on panel $25,000–$35,000 Christie's
2025·12 The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, with the entrance to the Grand Canal and the Punta della Dogana beyond $266,210–$399,316 Bonhams
2025·12 A view of the Rialto with the Riva del Vin $33,009–$46,213 Sotheby's
2025·07 The interior courtyard of a Venetian palazzo, with two figures oil on canvas $54,643–$81,964 Christie's
2025·07 Madonna oil on canvas $20,491–$27,321 Christie's
2025·07 Capriccio with a ruined arch, a tower beyond and a seaport with boats and small vessels, a domed church in the distance; and Capriccio with an arsenal, several shipwrights at work in a boatyard, boats and a town with towers beyond oil on canvas $40,982–$68,303 Christie's
2025·05 Capriccio with Figures by a Lagoon, a Ruined Arch, and a Temple Beyond $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2025·05 Capriccio of a Lagoon with Figures and a Ruined Arch Beyond $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2025·05 Venice, a view of the Piazzetta toward the Libreria, with the eastern tip of the Giudecca beyond oil on canvas $120,000–$180,000 Christie's
2025·05 Venice, A View of the Punta della Dogana and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute; Venice, A View of the Churches of San Giorgio Maggiore and Santa Maria della Salute $10,000,000–$15,000,000 Sotheby's
2025·05 Two Capricci with Ruins $3,358–$4,478 Lempertz
2025·05 Two Paintings: Floral Still Life with a Wicker Basket / Still Life with Flowers an $11,194–$22,388 VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
2025·03 'Two Frigates, a Small Boat and a Stormy Sea' Oil on canvas $1,200–$1,500 Tiroche
2025·02 Follower of Oil on canvas $1–$2,506 Bertolami Fine Art
2025·02 Venice, A View of the Piazza San Marco from the Museo Correr $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2025·02 Venice, A View of the Island and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore $150,000–$200,000 Sotheby's
2025·02 The Piazzetta of San Marco, Venice, looking towards San Giorgio Maggiore oil on canvas $600,000–$800,000 Christie's
2025·02 A capriccio of a rustic house by the lagoon ; and A lagoon capriccio with farmhouses oil on panel, a pair $100,000–$150,000 Christie's
2025·02 A vaulted courtyard with figures black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on blue paper $3,000–$5,000 Christie's
2025·02 A capriccio of a marine inlet with two fishermen dragging in a net pen and brown ink, brown wash, ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark 'G[?]V' $6,000–$8,000 Christie's
2024·12 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2024·12 A capriccio of a rustic tower beside a lake, with mountains beyond oil on panel $76,001–$101,335 Christie's
2024·07 Capriccio landscape with ruins and figures in the foreground $38,269–$51,026 Sotheby's
2024·05 Venice, a view of the Piazzetta toward the Libreria, with the eastern tip of the Giudecca beyond oil on canvas $300,000–$500,000 upcoming Christie's
2024·05 Dolo, A View of the Porta del Dolo on the Brenta Canal $60,000–$80,000 Sotheby's
2024·04 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2024·02 Architectural capriccio with an arch and awning (recto); An architectural study (verso) black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash $7,000–$10,000 Christie's
2023·12 Italy attributed $1,000–$10,000 Cutler Bay Auctions
2023·12 Venice, the Piazzetta looking south, with a view of the Doge's Palace and the Biblioteca Marciana, the island of San Giorgio Maggiore beyond oil on canvas $125,609–$188,414 Christie's
2023·12 The Holy Family oil on canvas $62,805–$100,487 Christie's
2023·09 Capriccio; a fantasy vedute with ruins of classical architecture and figures. Verso: Portrait of a young man (by another hand). Pen and brush and brown ink, over loose preliminary drawing with black chalk. $22,092–$33,138 Koller
2023·07 A View of la Porta del Dolo on the Brenta Canal $153,309–$229,964 Sotheby's
2023·07 The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, looking towards the Dogana, the Giudecca and the Redentore beyond oil on canvas $153,309–$229,964 Christie's
2023·07 Venice, the Rio dei Mendicanti looking North with the church of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti oil on canvas $447,152–$702,667 Christie's
2023·07 A capriccio with a ruined arch and a villa beyond $76,179–$101,572 Bonhams
2023·05 Portrait of a boy of the Gradenigo family, possibly Ferigo (b. 1758), full-length, with his pet dove on a ribbon, a white rabbit in the background $30,000–$50,000 Sotheby's
2023·05 A basket of flowers on a rocky bank with further blooms, sprigs of greenery and cherries beside it oil on canvas $40,000–$60,000 Christie's
2023·05 A Pair of Veduta $9,727–$12,970 Lempertz
2023·05 Architectural Capriccio with ruined Archway and small Harbour with Pier $10,808–$15,131 Lempertz
2023·05 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2022·12 The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking west; and The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking east oil on canvas $365,844–$609,741 Christie's
2022·10 The interior of the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, with the 1782 ball in honor of the ' Conti del Nord ' oil on canvas $700,000–$1,000,000 Christie's
2022·10 Venice, the Piazzetta San Marco with the Festival of Giovedì Grasso oil on canvas $500,000–$700,000 Christie's
2022·10 Venice, the Rio Dei Mendicanti looking North with the church of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti oil on canvas $1,000,000–$1,500,000 Christie's
2022·07 A capriccio of a rustic tower beside a lake oil on panel $83,732–$119,617 Christie's
2022·07 Italy attributed $1,500–$2,500 Cutler Bay Auctions
2022·06 Venice: The Molo with the Libreria, the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute oil on panel $250,000–$350,000 Christie's
2022·06 An architectural capriccio with a campiello oil on panel $200,000–$300,000 Christie's
2022·05 Saint Joseph Oil on canvas, cm.41,5x33. Framed The painting is accompanied Oil on canvas $4,154–$5,192 Bertolami Fine Art
2022·05 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2022·05 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2022·03 Portrait of a young woman from the Tiepolo Family, most probably Elena (1726-1776). Oil on canvas. $54,062–$75,686 Koller
2022·02 Italy attributed $1,500–$3,000 Cutler Bay Auctions
2022·01 Recto: View of the Piazzetta, Venice, looking towards S. Giorgio Maggiore Verso: Study for a Madonna and Child and an adoring Saint, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid) $120,000–$180,000 Sotheby's
2021·12 Venice, a view of San Giorgio Maggiore with the Giudecca and the Zitelle $7,915–$10,554 Sotheby's
2021·12 Capriccio landscape with ruined buildings and figures in the foreground $52,769–$79,153 Sotheby's
2021·12 The Madonna in prayer oil on canvas $19,799–$32,998 Christie's
2021·11 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2021·11 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2021·06 Shipping in stormy waters $17,906–$29,842 Sotheby's
2021·06 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2021·06 A View of the Arsenale in Venice $36,351–$48,468 Lempertz
2021·01 portrait of a boy of the gradenigo family, possibly ferigo (born 1758), full length, with his pet dove on a ribbon, a white rabbit in the background $40,000–$60,000 Sotheby's
2021·01 The Return of the Bucintoro from S. Nicolò di Lido $600,000–$800,000 Sotheby's
2021·01 design for one side of an elaborate façade with a clock $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2021·01 Architectural capriccio $7,000–$9,000 Sotheby's
2020·12 San Giorgio Maggiore, with the Punta del Giudecca oil on canvas, unframed $267,416–$401,123 Christie's
2020·12 still life with a vase of peonies and tulips $8,081–$10,774 Sotheby's
2020·12 a young man and woman in conversation $3,232–$4,714 Sotheby's
2020·11 [no title recorded] Dorotheum
2020·10 An architectural capriccio with elegantly dressed figures and a dog at the entrance to a palace oil on panel $120,000–$180,000 Christie's
2020·09 "L'andata del Bucintoro a San Nicolò di Lido" olio cm. 71x48 Questa veduta attribuita $35,010–$39,094 Casa d'aste Boetto
2020·06 venice, a view of the grand canal with san simeone piccolo $30,000–$40,000 Sotheby's
2020·01 capriccio view of a venetian campo $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2019·12 A capriccio of the Venetian lagoon, with figures promenading by classical ruins oil on panel, unframed $13,097–$19,645 Christie's
2019·07 The Continence of Scipio oil on canvas $88,060–$125,800 Christie's
2019·07 venice, a view of the grand canal with san simeone piccolo $1,258,273–$1,887,409 Sotheby's
2019·01 venice, a view of the grand canal with san simeone piccolo $70,000–$100,000 Sotheby's
2019·01 a view of la porta del dolo on the brenta canal $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2019·01 an architectural capriccio with a church to the left $30,000–$50,000 Sotheby's
2018·12 A capriccio with figures promenading by ruins oil on panel $19,146–$31,911 Christie's
2018·10 A mountainous river landscape with boaters, fishermen and a fortune teller; and A mountainous river landscape with a hunting party oil on canvas $70,000–$90,000 Christie's
2018·05 the island of san cristoforo in the venetian lagoon $70,000–$90,000 Sotheby's
2018·05 the madonna annunciate $8,183–$10,910 Sotheby's
2018·04 The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, with the Punta della Giudecca oil on canvas $1,200,000–$1,600,000 Christie's
2018·03 St Mark's Square in Venice. Oil on canvas. $6,332–$8,442 Koller
2018·02 a capriccio of an archway, with figures beneath and a lagoon beyond $60,000–$80,000 Sotheby's
2018·01 the 'sottoportico' of the doge's palace, venice $80,000–$120,000 Sotheby's
2017·12 An architectural capriccio with a man collecting branches and figures by ruins oil on panel $53,662–$80,494 Christie's
2017·12 An architectural capriccio with figures conversing oil on panel $40,247–$67,078 Christie's

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