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Francesco Fontebasso
(1707 - 1769)
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Antiochus and Stratonica
Francesco Fontebasso was a Venetian painter of the late-baroque or Rococco period. 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.
Portrait of F. Tadini, 1761
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