Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Rococo
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was born into a noble Venice family. He developed an interest and talent in painting, specializing in large wall and ceiling frescoes with dramatic narratives. He received many commissions from the aristocratic families in Italy, the clergy and royalty in Spain, Germany, Sweden, and Russia. A prolific artist, Tiepolo was credited with eight hundred paintings, two sets of etchings, and many frescoes. Tiepolo died at the age of seventy-four having established himself the most famous Venetian painter of his time.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, River Gods, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, mid 18th century
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Portrait of the Artist"s Father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, circa 1775
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Title Page, from the series of etchings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A Monk, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Cherub, circa 1740 - 1745
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Artist: Giambattista Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo) Title: The Head of Truth Date: about 1744 Medium:
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Mercury Appearing to Aeneas in a Dream; after the fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the Villa Valmarana, Vicenza, circa 1750
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Standing Philosopher, circa 1747
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Two Magicians and Two Boys, circa 1757
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Venice Receiving the Homage of Neptune, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo"s painting for the Ducal Palace in Venice, 18th - 19th century
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Empire of Flora, circa 1743
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Banquet of Cleopatra, after G.B. Tiepolo"s fresco in the Palazzo Labia, Venice., 17th - 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Woman with arms enchained, circa 1743
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Scherzi: Shepherd with two Magicians, circa 1757
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Head of a Young Man, 17th - 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Three Soldiers and a Boy, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Adoration of the Magi, circa 1753
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Two Soldiers and Two Women, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Standing Philosopher, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Rider Standing Beside his Horse, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Astrologer and the Young Soldier, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Death Giving an Audience, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Seated youth leaning against an urn, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Woman Resting her Hands on a Vase, circa early 18th century
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The Adoration of the Magi, sketch Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696-1770)Oil on canvas; 23
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A Nymph with a Small Satyr and Two Goats, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A Woman with her Arms in Chains and Four Other Figures, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A Woman with her Hands on a Vase, a Soldier and a Slave, from the series Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Recto: Crucifixion
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View of a Villa
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The Sacrifice of Isaac, mid-1750s Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1727-1804)Oil on canvas; 15 3/8
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Adoration of the Magi, published with prints from the series Scherzi di Fantasia (Playful Fantasies), circa 1740
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A Female Allegorical Figure, grisaille, ca. 1740-50 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696-1770)Oil on canvas,
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Temperance, grisaille, 1740s Workshop of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696-1770)Fresco, transferred to canvas; Oval,
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Prudence, grisaille, 1740s Workshop of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696-1770)Fresco, transferred to canvas; Oval,
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Magician with Four Figures Near a Smoking Altar, from the series Scherzi di Fantasia (Playful Fantasies), circa 1735 - 1758
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A Virtue, Possibly Patriotism, grisaille, 1740s Workshop of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696-1770)Fresco, transferred
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Two Old Men, after G.B. Tiepolo, 18th century
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The Chariot of Aurora Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1696-1770)Oil on canvas; 35 1/2 x
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Half-dressed Nymph with Two Children, Surrounded by Four Men, from the series Scherzi di Fantasia (Playful Fantasies), circa 1735 - 1758

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (13)
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Montreal Museum of Fine Art: Italian Masterpieces From Raphael To Tiepolo
The works range in scale from intimate devotional paintings and portraits to state commissions, monumental altarpieces and mythological paintings. Italian Masterpieces from Raphael to Tiepolo will offer the public an unprecedented opportunity to e...
San Diego Museum of Art: Master Drawings from the Collection of Alfred Moir
Included are fine examples by Annibale Carracci, Pietro da Cortona, Luca Giordano, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Solimena, Salvator Rosa, Abraham Bloemaert, and Simon Vouet. The exhibition presents a selection of works from the personal...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: In Situ: Evans/Rinklin/Holmberg
The phrase in situ, translated from the Latin, means “in the original location,” and here refers to paintings designed for a specific place. Most painters today create individual paintings without knowing their eventual surroundings. The...
Michael Werner Gallery: Correspondences: Drawings Past and Present”
The selection of drawings in this exhibition illustrates the timelessness of documenting the conceptual process, from the looser, unconstrained studies to the more fully realized. The works show the creative processes of artists through the ages w...
Art Gallery of Ontario: From Michelangelo to Picasso: Great Master Drawings from the Collection of the Albertina, Vienna
The selection of drawings in this exhibition demonstrates the breadth and strength of the Albertina’s holdings. The exhibition will provide a comprehensive ove...
Church St. Stae, Grand Canal Venice : Auguste Rodin Sculpture Exhibition
The Rodin exhibition will have its premiere in Venice before it is launched into an international context and it will include some of the most significant authentic plaster masterpieces. The plaster was the material in which Rodin recorded ...
National Gallery: Fabric of Vision: Dress and Drapery in Painting
Artists bring dress and drapery to life, showing us how to see and feel it. In responding to contemporary fashion, they present to each age a compelling image of how clothes should be worn. The exhibition opens with a striking series of paired pai...
Dimock Gallery, George Washington University : Goya: Los Caprichos
The Caprichos have never been presented in its entirety in the Washington area. Goya: Los Caprichos offers the most comprehensive overview of the suite and provides a rare opportunity for examination by print aficionados and art lovers. <...
Frick Collection: Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art
Among the other artists represented in the exhibition are Northern European masters Matthias Grünewald, Jan van Goyen, Adoph von Menzel, Piet Mondrian, and Paul Klee. Italian artists include Fra Bartolommeo, Rosso Fiorentino, Federico Barocci, Gi...
Downtown Initiative For the Visual Arts: Jerry Ross: New and Retrospective Works
"I use the principles of abstraction to organize and compose, sometimes working in a single color while drawing out an infinity of subtle colors within that monochromatic base. My interest in portraiture is inspired by the Italian i macchiaioli, e...
Atlanta College of Art: Maximum Flavor: Nicole Cherubini, William Cordova, Sara Haas, Nikki S. Lee, Jonathan Seliger, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley, and Hank Willis Thomas
Maximum Flavor presents new and recent work by eight contemporary artists and explores the presentation and performance of cultural style and taste as well as the theme of consumption. Working in photography, video, painting, sculpture, mixed medi...
Haus der Kunst: The Contest Between Painting and Sculpture: From Duerer to Daumier
Painting and sculpture as subjects of themselves have appeared openly in the allegorical personifications of Pictura and Sculptura, but also in the mythological representations of Apelles and the Christian representations of St. Luke painting the ...
Perugi artecontemporanea: Ciao! Manhattan: Recent Painting from New York
A Warholian mood, in fact, seems to have gripped the New York art world and Andy's presence feels inevitable. And we might even consider that in the implacable face of current events, for an American artist a (d)Andified detachment might be an act...

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