How to Pronounce Francesco Fontebasso
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Oct 04, 1707 Venice, Venetian Province, Italy Died on 31 May 1769 (aged 61)
Italian painter (1707-1769)
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About Francesco Fontebasso
- Francesco Fontebasso (4 October 1707 – 31 May 1769) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period of Venice.
- He first apprenticed with Sebastiano Ricci, but was strongly influenced by his contemporary, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
- In 1761, Fontebasso visited Saint Petersburg and produced ceiling paintings and decorations for the Winter Palace.
- Fontebasso returned to Venice in 1768.
- He helped decorate a chapel in San Francesco della Vigna. He died in Venice in 1769.
- He is represented in collections in e.g.
- Kadriorg Palace (part of the Art Museum of Estonia) in Tallinn, Estonia.
