Campo San Zanipolo Decorated for the Visit of Pius VI

Domenico FossatiWW-1782-281529

1782·pen and dark brown inks with gray wash over graphite on laid paper·overall: 34.1 × 46.7 cm (13 7/16 × 18 3/8 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1782
Medium: pen and dark brown inks with gray wash over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions: overall: 34.1 × 46.7 cm (13 7/16 × 18 3/8 in.)
Collection: National Gallery of Art
Artist: Domenico Fossati

Artist

Domenico Fossati

Painting

Domenico Fossati was born at Venice in 1743, and studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti of that city. He distinguished himself as a painter of architecture and a decorator, and his works are to be met with in the theatres and palaces of Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Udine, Monza, and Gratz, and in the Scala at Milan. He died in Venice in 1785.

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