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 (23 total)
- The Triumph of David
- Two Standing Male Figures and Seated Woman with a Child 1760s
- Adoration of the Magi
- Abraham and the Three Angels circa 1750
- Four Saints
- The Judgment Of Solomon Around 1750
- Darius’ familie knælende for Alexander den Store
- Alexander and Diogenes 1769
- Den hellige Hieronymus i ørkenen
- The Martyrdrom of Saint Andrew
- Joash and Jehosheba
- The triumph of a condottiere; a bozzetto for a ceiling decoration
- Elegant Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace
- Three Studies of the Head of a Youth 1737
- Design for a Fountain with Neptune in his Chariot ca. 1740[-]60
- Head of a Woman and Studies of a Male Nude (verso)@Drawings
- Family of Darius Before Alexander 1750
- Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of his Fellow Prisoners 1750
- Apollo and Studies of the Artist’s Own Hand (recto) 1730-1732
- The Vision Of Saint Jerome