The Fenice Theater in Venice (recto) ; Fragment of a Larger Drawing Representing Part of a Column and a Cornice (verso), 1712?1835, Pen and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash over traces of black chalk (recto) ; pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash (verso), 7 15/16 x 10 1/8in. (20. 1 x 25. 7cm), Drawings, Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venice 1712?1793 Venice) (recto), Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (? ) 1764?1835 Venice (? ) ) (verso), This view of the Teatro La Fenice (Fenice Theater) is one of Francesco Guardi's last drawings. The Fenice, the work of the architect Giovanni Antonio Silva, was begun in 1790 and opened in April 1792, less than a year before Francesco Guardi's death