Francesco Fontebasso
Venetian Rococo painter influenced by Tiepolo
Francesco Fontebasso 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.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Sebastiano Ricci Master
- Antonio Zucchi Student
Fellow student
Influenced by
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Source
Artworks by this artist
- Family of Darius Before Alexander 1750
- The Vision Of Saint Jerome
- Fall of the Rebel Angels 1736
- Alexander and Diogenes 1769
- Darius’ familie knælende for Alexander den Store
- The Judgment Of Solomon Around 1750
- Den hellige Hieronymus i ørkenen
- Two Standing Male Figures and Seated Woman with a Child 1760s
- The triumph of a condottiere; a bozzetto for a ceiling decoration
- Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of his Fellow Prisoners 1750
- Abraham and the Three Angels circa 1750
- The Triumph of David
- Adoration of the Magi
- Head of a Woman and Studies of a Male Nude (verso)@Drawings
- Joshua Lets The Sun Stand Still In The Battle Of The Amorites Around 1745-1755
- Joash and Jehosheba
- The Martyrdrom of Saint Andrew
- Ludvig den Hellige siddende med apostlen Johannes stående ved siden af Studie til en altertavle i Chiesa dell’Angelo Raffaele, Venedig 1737
- Elegant Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace
- Four Saints