18th-Century Paintings for the Bedroom

Here are 36 18th-century paintings for the bedroom, painted between 1730 and 1795, with works by Francesco Guardi, Canaletto and Thomas Gainsborough; the subjects they return to most are landscapes, and cityscapes. Soft landscapes, water, evening skies, sleeping figures and quiet interiors, in muted or cool palettes, lower the visual volume of the room.

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The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge, Canaletto 24 × 40 in landscape print (61 × 102 cm), centered 69¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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36 18th-century paintings

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge, Canaletto, 1730s, oil on canvas

Canaletto The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge, 1730s The Met

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right, Canaletto, 1730s, oil on canvas

Canaletto The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right, 1730s The Met

Warwick Castle, Canaletto, 1748, oil on canvas

Canaletto Warwick Castle, 1748 The Met

Entrance to the Grand Canal near the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Canaletto, 1730 - 1745, oil on canvas

Canaletto Entrance to the Grand Canal near the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, 1730 - 1745 Rijksmuseum

View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1760, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, c. 1760 Art Institute of Chicago

Vaprio d'Adda, Bernardo Bellotto, 1744, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Vaprio d'Adda, 1744 The Met

Santa Maria della Salute, Francesco Guardi, mid- to late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Santa Maria della Salute, mid- to late 1760s The Met

The Grand Canal above the Rialto, Francesco Guardi, late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Grand Canal above the Rialto, late 1760s The Met

We look down and across a canal filled with more than two dozen gondolas and sailing boats, and flanked by rows golden-yellow and parchment-white buildings connected by a wide, arched bridge in this horizontal landscape painting.

Francesco Guardi Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice, probably c. 1780 National Gallery of Art

From a point of view over the water, we look across a bustling canal at a bridge, which is flanked by rows of buildings to each side in this horizontal painting.

Francesco Guardi View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice, c. 1775-1780 National Gallery of Art

Lagoon near Venice, Francesco Guardi, 1740 - 1800, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Lagoon near Venice, 1740 - 1800 Rijksmuseum

Italianate Landscape with Pines, Hendrik Voogd, 1795, oil on canvas

Hendrik Voogd Italianate Landscape with Pines, 1795 Rijksmuseum

Landscape with a Quay and Ships on a Lake, Francesco Guardi, 1760 - 1780, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Landscape with a Quay and Ships on a Lake, 1760 - 1780 Rijksmuseum

Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir, Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1782–1783, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir, c. 1782–1783 Cleveland Museum of Art

Regatta on the Grand Canal, near the Rialto Bridge, Venice, Francesco Guardi, 1780 - 1793, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Regatta on the Grand Canal, near the Rialto Bridge, Venice, 1780 - 1793 Rijksmuseum

Imaginary Cityscape with Romanesque Church, Johannes Huibert Prins, 1793, oil on panel

Johannes Huibert Prins Imaginary Cityscape with Romanesque Church, 1793 Rijksmuseum

Wooded Upland Landscape, Thomas Gainsborough, probably 1783, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Wooded Upland Landscape, probably 1783 The Met

Afternoon sunlight pours over a town crowded along the banks of a serene, glass-green river that runs through the middle of this horizontal painting. Several buildings cluster to our left on the riverbank close to us.

Bernardo Bellotto View of Munich, c. 1761 National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a cityscape with a large cylindrical reddish-brown fortress on the right. In the center, a wide river winds through the city, with people by the riverbank and more people walking along a winding road on the left.

Francesco Guardi Fanciful View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, c. 1785 National Gallery of Art

A river winds through forest-green trees and vegetation between rolling hills and mountains extending into the deep distance under a pale, orchid-purple sky in this nearly square landscape painting.

Thomas Gainsborough Mountain Landscape with Bridge, c. 1783/1784 National Gallery of Art

Fantastic Landscape, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Fantastic Landscape, ca. 1765 The Met

Ruined Archway, Francesco Guardi, 1775–93, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Ruined Archway, 1775–93 Art Institute of Chicago

Three Painted Wall Hangings of a Dutch landscape, Jurriaan Andriessen, 1776, oil on canvas

Jurriaan Andriessen Three Painted Wall Hangings of a Dutch landscape, 1776 Rijksmuseum

Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett), John Singleton Copley, c. 1765–70, pastel on paper mounted on linen

John Singleton Copley Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett), c. 1765–70 Art Institute of Chicago

We look slightly down across a sun-drenched plaza with people scattered among ruins, buildings, and around a free-standing column in this vertical landscape painting. The people we can see have light skin.

Canaletto English Landscape Capriccio with a Column, c. 1754 National Gallery of Art

Sun pours across a landscape with trees and plants growing around and on an arched stone ruin, a bridge and river, and, in the distance, buildings along a flat-topped hill carpeted with grass in this vertical painting.

Canaletto English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace, c. 1754 National Gallery of Art

From a rocky shoreline, we look on several light-skinned people working by the sea with a boat and a net in this freely painted, almost square seascape.

Thomas Gainsborough Seashore with Fishermen, c. 1781/1782 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, Thomas Gainsborough, 1769, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers, 1769 Cleveland Museum of Art

Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), Thomas Gainsborough, 1787, oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), 1787 The Met

The Herepad in the Haagse Bos, Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, 1778, oil on panel

Paulus Constantijn la Fargue The Herepad in the Haagse Bos, 1778 Rijksmuseum

The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–68, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Antechamber of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, ca. 1765–68 The Met

The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–68, oil on canvas

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