CIRCLE OF FRANCESCO FOSCHI (ITALIAN 1710-1780)
Travelers in a winter landscape
oil on canvas
56 x 68 cm

Foschi completed his training in the studio of Francesco Mancini in Fano, afterward he moved to Rome. There he was interested in the work of two artists who specialised in urban and architectural views, namely Giovanni Paolo Panini and Gaspar Adriaensz. van Wittel, and their influence is evident in Foschi’s compositions. The artist enjoyed the protection of influential and distinguished figures at the outset of his career such as Count Raimondo Bonaccorsi, and later that of the English ambassador in Naples, Sir William Hamilton. His obituary, described him as the famous painter of winter landscapes, reflecting his focus on this type of work in his later years.