Davide Antonio Fossati

Davide Antonio Fossati (Swiss, 1708–1795) has 3 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.

Davide Antonio Fossati, a painter and etcher, was bom at Morcote, Ticino, Switzerland in 1708, and studied drawing under Vicenzo Maria Mariotti at Venice, and painting under Daniel Gran, with whom in 1723 he went to Vienna. In 1728 he painted the dining-hall in the monastery of St. Martinsberg at Pressburg; but in 1730 he returned to Venice, and in the next year executed the wall-paintings in the villa at Torre, near Este, as also in the nunnery of Santa Margaretta, near Lauis. He afterwards took to etching, but did not succeed at first. His death occurred at Vienna in 1795. His works as a painter are little known, but he has left among his later and happier efforts several etchings of landscapes and historical subjects after various masters.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of Davide Antonio Fossati's work on the site falls under Prints (3).

By movement, it's catalogued as Baroque (1).

Culture: Swiss (3).

By orientation: 3 landscape.

Other Swiss artists of the period

Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:

• Angelica Kauffmann — 214 artworks
• Henry Fuseli — 166 artworks
• Johann Ludwig Aberli — 139 artworks
• Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros — 123 artworks
• Johann Caspar Fuessli — 49 artworks
• Salomon Gessner — 41 artworks
• Johann Rudolph Schellenberg — 31 artworks
• Adrian Zingg — 30 artworks

Prints of these artworks

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Sizes and framing

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Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.

Frequently asked questions

How many Davide Antonio Fossati artworks does Archive Lane have?

3 public-domain artworks by Davide Antonio Fossati are catalogued on Archive Lane, each available as a free preview, a digital download, or a made-to-order print.

What nationality was Davide Antonio Fossati?

Davide Antonio Fossati is catalogued as Swiss (born 1708, died 1795).

Can I download these as digital files?

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Can these be printed and framed?

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