(4 October 1707 - 31 May 1769) was an Italian painter 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.   Related Paintings of Francesco Fontebasso :. | le chasseur de la garde | The temptation of Christ | kyrkfolk i bat | The City and Harbour of Sydney | Green Dress |
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Nikolay Fechin
Russian, 1881-1955
Felix Hilaire Buhot
French, 1847-1898
Antonio Rotta
painted L'enfant avec les raisins in 1884