Francesco Foschi (1716 – 21 February 1780) was an Italian painter best known for painting winter landscapes.

Biography

He was born in

Ancona Ancona (, also ; ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona, homonymous province and of the region. The city is located northeast of Ro ...

in the Marche. He moved to Rome in 1729 and encountered the works of other painters of ''

veduta A ''veduta'' (; : ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, old master print, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre of land ...

''. He died in

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. He should not be confused with the 16th century Florentine portrait artist,

Pier Francesco Foschi Pier Francesco Foschi (1502–1567) was an Italian painter active in Florence in a Mannerist style. He was pupil of Andrea del Sarto and assisted Pontormo with his frescoes at Careggi in 1536. He completed 3 altarpieces, commissioned in 1540–1 ...

. His surname has also been written as ''Toschi'' Francesco had four brothers that were also painters: Carlo, Giacomo, Orazio., and

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.Guida storica e artistica della città di Fermo
by Vincenzo Curi, (1864) page 95.

Sources

Grassi Studio abstract

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Foschi, Francesco 1716 births 1780 deaths Artists from Ancona 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian vedutisti Italian landscape painters 18th-century Italian male artists Artists from the Papal States