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Francesco Foschi trained with Francesco Mancini in Fano from 1726 before moving to Rome in 1729. His first known commission, in 1739, concerned illustrations for Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Settling in Loreto in 1746, he also worked as an art dealer and developed his winter landscapes of the Apennines. After stays in Rome and Pesaro, he returned permanently to the capital in 1764. His paintings combine everyday scenes in snow with a cool palette enlivened by warm accents. His works were exported to France and England. The Grenoble museum holds a Winter Landscape with Torrent and Travellers dated 1750; snowy landscapes are also represented at the Louvre and the Palais des beaux-arts in Lille.
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Oil on canvas
Paysage animé sous la neige
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2018-12-12
Published result : 57000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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Oil on canvas
Attribué à Francesco Foschi — Vue animée d'un village enneigé au bord de l'eau,
huile sur toile
attribué à
Catalogue period : 2026-09-08 — 2026-09-23
Attributed to
Published result : 900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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