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| Francesco Fontebasso Sheet of Sketches and Caricatures before 1769 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Figure of Apollo and Studies of the Artist's own Hand ca. 1730-32 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Rinaldo and Armida before 1769 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Francesco Fontebasso The Virgin appearing to St Philip Neri and his Pupils before 1769 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Study for Ceiling Decoration representing a Venetian Victory at Sea before 1769 drawing Museo del Prado, Madrid |
On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
Once did She hold the gorgeous east in fee
And was the safeguard of the west: the worth
Of Venice did not fall below her birth,
Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty.
She was a maiden City, bright and free,
No guile seduced, no force could violate,
And, when she took unto herself a Mate,
She must espouse the everlasting Sea.
And what if she had seen those glories fade,
Those titles vanish, and that strength decay,
Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid
When her long life hath reached its final day:
Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade
Of that which once was great is passed away.
– William Wordsworth (1807)
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| Francesco Fontebasso Pan and Syrinx before 1769 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Bear Hunt before 1769 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Communion of the Apostles before 1769 drawing Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Joseph interpreting the Dreams of his Fellow Prisoners ca. 1750 drawing Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Hagar in the Desert before 1769 drawing Harvard Art Museums |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Abraham and the Three Angels ca. 1750 drawing Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Francesco Fontebasso Martyrdom of a Female Saint before 1769 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Fontebasso St Christopher carrying the Christ Child before 1769 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| attributed to Francesco Fontebasso Roman Soldier and a Woman fleeing a Man armed with a Shovel before 1769 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |