Francesco Salvatore Fontebasso (Venice 1709-1769) Male Nudes 38x26 cm Ink drawing on paper Provenance available upon request.

Excellent condition Francesco Fontebasso (October 4, 1707 - May 31, 1769) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque or Rococo period of Venice. He was first an apprentice with Sebastiano Ricci, but was strongly influenced by his contemporary, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In 1761, Fontebasso visited St. 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 on p. Kadriorg Palace (part of the Estonian Museum of Art) in Tallinn, Estonia.