Francesco Foschi
{{Short description|Italian painter (1716–1780)}}
Francesco Foschi (1716 – 21 February 1780) was an Italian painter best known for painting winter landscapes.
Biography
He was born in Ancona in the Marche. He moved to Rome in 1729 and encountered the works of other painters of veduta. He died in Rome. He should not be confused with the 16th century Florentine portrait artist, Pier Francesco Foschi. His surname has also been written as Toschi
Francesco had four brothers that were also painters: Carlo, Giacomo, Orazio.,[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/foschi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Encyclopedia Treccani], Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 49 (1997), entry by Daria Borghese. and Lorenzo.[https://books.google.com/books?id=WqtGh4Kp4YgC Guida storica e artistica della città di Fermo], by Vincenzo Curi, (1864) page 95.
Sources
- [https://archive.today/20130124200718/http://www.grassistudio.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=6&tabindex=5&objectid=243900&categoryid=7157 Grassi Studio abstract]
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Gallery
Francesco Foschi - Paesaggio invernale con escursionisti.jpg
Francesco Foschi - Paesaggio invernale.jpg
Francesco Foschi - Paesaggio invernale con una famiglia di contadini.jpg
Francesco Foschi - Paesaggio montano con figure (dettaglio).jpg
Francesco Foschi Paisaje invernal en los Apeninos con un templo en ruinas Óleo sobre lienzo. 48 x 62 cm. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.jpg
Francesco Foschi Paisaje invernal en los Apeninos con una cueva Óleo sobre lienzo. 48 x 62 cm. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.jpg
Francesco Foschi - Prometeo incatenato in cime innevate del Caucaso.jpg|Prometheus Chained to Caucasus
Fr Foschi Paisaje invernal con torrente y cascada.jpg
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Category:18th-century Italian painters
Category:Italian male painters
Category:Italian landscape painters