Giuseppe Zais (1709 – 1784)

• Was an Italian painter of landscapes (vedutisti).
• Zais 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.

• He had been a member of the Academy of Painters in Venice from 1774.

• Zais died in poverty at Treviso.

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