Architectural folly with a pyramid and lintel

Francesco
  Guardi was to investigate the theme of the "folly" several times
  during his career and this painting is from the painter’s mature phase.
  The genre was widespread in the area around Venice, where it
  met with great success in the art market of the time.
  Here
  the artist reinterprets the theme of ruin with very great sensitivity,
  inserting human artefacts in sublime natural contexts that are the true
  protagonists of the picture.