An italianate landscape with fishermen and travellers resting beside a pool
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oil on canvas
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Ancient Ruins with a Great Arch and a Column
Date 1735-1740
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions ? cm
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Giuseppe Zais
Italian Painter , Forno di Canale1709-1784 Treviso
was an Italian painter of landscapes (vedutisti) who painted mostly in Venice. He was born in Forno di Canale. He was influenced in his vedute by Marco Ricci and later Francesco Zuccarelli, who helped train him. He is best known for frescoes in Villa Pisani in Stra. While he had been a member of the Academy of Painters in Venice from 1774, he died in poverty at Treviso.
