18th-Century Paintings for a Home Office

Here are 73 18th-century paintings for a home office, painted between 1702 and 1793, with works by Francesco Guardi, Jan Maurits Quinkhard and Canaletto; the subjects they return to most are cityscapes, and architecture. Architecture, bridges, harbors, library and study interiors, and calm geometric or early abstract compositions give the wall order; muted palettes keep the room focused.

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Piazza San Marco, Canaletto 24½ × 40 in landscape print (62 × 102 cm), centered 51½ in from the floor, 8 in above the desk. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Piazza San Marco, Canaletto, late 1720s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Piazza San Marco, late 1720s The Met

The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Francesco Guardi, Late 1770s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Late 1770s Art Institute of Chicago

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

Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice, Canaletto, 1730s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice, 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

Campo Sant'Angelo, Venice, Canaletto, 1730s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Campo Sant'Angelo, Venice, 1730s The Met

A Lock, a Column, and a Church beside a Lagoon, Canaletto, 1743, oil on canvas

Canaletto A Lock, a Column, and a Church beside a Lagoon, 1743 The Met

Warwick Castle, Canaletto, 1748, oil on canvas

Canaletto Warwick Castle, 1748 The Met

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

The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge and the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Canaletto, 1707 - 1750, oil on canvas

Canaletto The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge and the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, 1707 - 1750 Rijksmuseum

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

Pontifical Ceremony in Saints Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782, Francesco Guardi, c. 1783, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Pontifical Ceremony in Saints Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782, c. 1783 Cleveland Museum of Art

Pirna: The Obertor from the South, Bernardo Bellotto, mid-1750s, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Pirna: The Obertor from the South, mid-1750s The Met

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

Bernardo Bellotto Vaprio d'Adda, 1744 The Met

Venice from the Bacino di San Marco, Francesco Guardi, ca. 1765–75, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Venice from the Bacino di San Marco, ca. 1765–75 The Met

Piazza San Marco, Francesco Guardi, late 1760s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Piazza San Marco, late 1760s 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

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

Francesco Guardi The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo, ca. 1765–68 The Met

The Villa Loredan, Paese, Francesco Guardi, early 1780s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Villa Loredan, Paese, early 1780s The Met

The Island of San Michele, Venice, Francesco Guardi, 1770s, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi The Island of San Michele, Venice, 1770s 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

This painting depicts a harbor scene with brown arches and towers on the right, along with tall columns that look like ruins. At the bottom of the painting, people are engaged in various activities along the water's edge.

Francesco Guardi Capriccio of a Harbor, c. 1760/1770 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a grand, domed cathedral by a busy waterway. The dome and the surrounding white buildings are silhouetted against a blue sky with thin white and gray clouds.

Francesco Guardi Santa Maria della Salute, c. 1770 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

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

This painting is of a garden landscape in front of a large palace, seen from an elevated perspective.

Bernardo Bellotto Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, c. 1761 National Gallery of Art

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 depicts a stately building complex from an elevated point. The buildings are large, with white, ivy-covered walls and dark, peaked roofs.

Bernardo Bellotto The Fortress of Königstein: Courtyard with the Magdalenenburg, 1756-1758 National Gallery 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

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

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

Francesco Guardi Lagoon near Venice, 1740 - 1800 Rijksmuseum

The Grand Vizier Crossing the Atmeydanı (Horse Square), Jean Baptiste Vanmour, 1720 - 1737, oil on canvas

Jean Baptiste Vanmour The Grand Vizier Crossing the Atmeydanı (Horse Square), 1720 - 1737 Rijksmuseum

Rear View of Berckenrode Castle in Heemstede after the Fire, Jan ten Compe, 1747, oil on panel

Jan ten Compe Rear View of Berckenrode Castle in Heemstede after the Fire, 1747 Rijksmuseum

Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC), Nicolaas Verkolje, 1702 - 1746, oil on canvas

Nicolaas Verkolje Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company (Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC), 1702 - 1746 Rijksmuseum

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

Johannes Huibert Prins Imaginary Cityscape with Romanesque Church, 1793 Rijksmuseum

View of Smyrna (Izmir), N. Knop, 1779, oil on canvas

N. Knop View of Smyrna (Izmir), 1779 Rijksmuseum

Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon, Canaletto, early 1740s, oil on canvas

Canaletto Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon, early 1740s The Met

Piazza San Marco, Venice, Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1740, oil on canvas

Bernardo Bellotto Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1740 Cleveland Museum of Art

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

Francesco Guardi Fantastic Landscape, ca. 1765 The Met

Venice: The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Francesco Guardi, 1763, oil on wood

Francesco Guardi Venice: The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, 1763 The Met

Venice: The Rialto, Francesco Guardi, 1763, oil on wood

Francesco Guardi Venice: The Rialto, 1763 The Met

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

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

In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly rolling white and gray clouds in this horizontal landscape painting.

Bernardo Bellotto The Fortress of Königstein, 1756-1758 National Gallery of Art

Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1724, Cornelis Troost, 1724, oil on canvas

Cornelis Troost Inspectors of the Collegium Medicum in Amsterdam, 1724, 1724 Rijksmuseum

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