Francesco Fontebasso
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Selected Works21

Museum Acquisitions

LACMA
Abraham and the Three Angels
Abraham and the Three Angels, 1750
Acquired 2005
Pen and ink over black chalk, red wash heightened with white heightening (partly oxidized)
LACMA
Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory
Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory, 1734
Acquired 1994
Etching
LACMA
The Annunciation
The Annunciation, 1740
Acquired 1984
Black chalk and pen and brown ink
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Acquired 1973
Oil on canvas

Previous Sales

Christie's
Hercule et Cacus
Hercule et Cacus
Sold
Mar 2026
Sotheby's
Study of Three Athletes
Study of Three Athletes
$5,000
Feb 2024
Christie's
The Martyrdrom of Saint Andrew
The Martyrdrom of Saint Andrew
Sold
Dec 2023
Sotheby's
The Annunciation
The Annunciation
Sold
Dec 2023
Christie's
The Triumph of David
The Triumph of David
$94,500
May 2023
Christie's
Alexander and Roxanne
Alexander and Roxanne
$30,240
Jan 2023
Sotheby's
Bacchus and Ariadne
Bacchus and Ariadne
Sold
Jan 2023
Sotheby's
Recto: Study of a man kneeling, looking upwards, his hands joined in prayer Verso: Various subsidiary studies for the same figure
Recto: Study of a man kneeling, looking upwards, his hands joined in prayer Verso: Various subsidiary studies for the same figure
Sold
Jan 2022
Sotheby's
Hercules seated on a cloud
Hercules seated on a cloud
$5,201
Jul 2021
Christie's
The Continence of Scipio
The Continence of Scipio
£30,000 ($40k USD)
Dec 2015
Christie's
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well
Rebecca and Eliezer at the well
£140,500 ($185k USD)
Dec 2015
Christie's
The Banquet of Cleopatra
The Banquet of Cleopatra
£164,800 ($218k USD)
Dec 2005

For Sale

Hill-Stone, Inc. · Artsy
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia.
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia., 1750
For sale
Etching on paper
Castelbarco Antiques · Artsy
Alexander The Great Fontebasso Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italian school
Alexander The Great Fontebasso Paint 18th Century Oil on canvas Old master Italian school , 1750
€14,500
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Apollo and Nymphs in a Landscape with a Bust of Pan
Apollo and Nymphs in a Landscape with a Bust of Pan, 1744
For sale
Etching on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Alexander before the Corpse of Darius
Alexander before the Corpse of Darius, 1765
For sale
Pen and brown and black ink with gray, brown and sanguine wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · Artsy
Elegant Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace
Elegant Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace
For sale
Pen and brown ink on light brown laid paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Varij Disegni de Camini de Gabineti [sic]
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2019 · Accession 2019.562(1-8) · Etching
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2019
Design for a Fountain with Neptune in his Chariot
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.543 · Black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Purchase, Mary Oenslager Fund, Sotheby's Inc. Gift, Van Day Truex Fund, Susan H. Seidel and Joseph F. McCrindle Gifts, 2013
Satyr with Club and Seven Figures, from "Bacchanals and Histories"
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.136.540 · Etching
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Abraham and the Three Angels
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2005 · Accession M.2005.32 · Pen and ink over black chalk, red wash heightened with white heightening (partly oxidized)
Purchased with funds provided by the 2005 Collectors Committee and Lynda and Stewart Resnick
Nine Figures near a Herm of Pan, from "Bacchanals and Histories"
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1995 · Accession 1995.370.1 · Etching
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1995
Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitale Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1994 · Accession AC1994.20.1 · Etching
Purchased with funds provided by Estella K. Mysels
The Annunciation
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1984 · Accession M.84.125 · Black chalk and pen and brown ink
Gift of R. L. Baumfeld in honor of Ebria Feinblatt
The sacrifice of Iphigenia
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1981 · Accession 1981.1102.1 · Etching
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1981
Satyr with Club and Seven Figures, from "Bacchanals and Histories"
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1981 · Accession 1981.1003.1 · Etching
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1981
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 1973 · Accession 73.1 · Oil on canvas
Museum purchase funded by Mary Alice Wilson
Six nymphs and two putti, from "Bacchanals and Histories"
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1970 · Accession 1970.683.3 · Etching
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1970
The Sacrifice of Polyxena, from "Bacchanals and Histories"
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1970 · Accession 1970.683.4 · Etching
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1970
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death
Francesco Fontebasso dies
Jan 1, 1769
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birth
Francesco Fontebasso born
Jan 1, 1707