In his later years, Guardi was commissioned to document some of the ceremonies and celebrations of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, including a series involving the doge.

WSJ: Appreciating Francesco Guardi's Changing Genres/ A Guardi Retropsective at Museo Correr in Venice

The majestic Basilica di San Marco and its grand Campanile bell tower that rises above Piazza San Marco, call to mind the golden age of the Republic of Venice, which ended in the early 18th Century.

BBC: Living in: Venice

She begins by describing the plucky survival of Venice after the fall of the Serene Republic to Napoleon's army in 1797.

ECONOMIST: Venice