Nine Figures near a Herm of Pan, from "Bacchanals and Histories"

Francesco FontebassoWW-1744-532611

1744·Etching·Sheet (Trimmed): 10 11/16 × 15 3/16 in. (27.2 × 38.6 cm)

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1995

Catalogue

Year: 1744
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 10 11/16 × 15 3/16 in. (27.2 × 38.6 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Francesco Fontebasso

Artist

Francesco Fontebasso

Painting

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.

Venice

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