Two gondoliers wearing festival costume propel themselves across part of the Venetian lagoon. On the horizon is the tower of Malghera, near Mestre on the mainland (see also Guardi ' View of the Venetian Lagoon with the Tower of Malghera'). This painting is likely to be a late work (after 1780) & comparable with a work of higher quality but similar in style & date in Milan, Museo Poldi Pezzoli.