Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Italian Rococo Era Painter, 1696-1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was born in Venice on March 5, 1696. His father, who was part owner of a ship, died when Tiepolo was scarcely a year old, but the family was left in comfortable circumstances. As a youth, he was apprenticed to Gregorio Lazzarini, a mediocre but fashionable painter known for his elaborately theatrical, rather grandiose compositions. Tiepolo soon evolved a more spirited style of his own. By the time he was 20, he had exhibited his work independently, and won plaudits, at an exhibition held at the church of S. Rocco. The next year he became a member of the Fraglia, or painters guild. In 1719 he married Cecilia Guardi, whose brother Francesco was to become famous as a painter of the Venetian scene. They had nine children, among them Giovanni Domenico and Lorenzo Baldassare, who were also painters. In the 1720s Tiepolo carried out many large-scale commissions on the northern Italian mainland. Of these the most important is the cycle of Old Testament scenes done for the patriarch of Aquileia, Daniele Dolfin, in the new Archbishop Palace at Udine. Here Tiepolo abandoned the dark hues that had characterized his early style and turned instead to the bright, sparkling colors that were to make him famous.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra oil


The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra
Painting ID::  1617 		The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra
1746-47 Fresco Palazzo Labia, Venice
1746-47_Fresco_ Palazzo_Labia,_Venice
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Banquet of Cleopatra oil


The Banquet of Cleopatra
Painting ID::  1618 		The Banquet of Cleopatra
1743-44 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1743-44_ National_Gallery_of_Victoria,_Melbourne
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Portrait of Antonio Riccobono oil


Portrait of Antonio Riccobono
Painting ID::  1619 		Portrait of Antonio Riccobono
1743-45 Pinacoteca dell'Accademia dei Concordi, Rovigo
1743-45 _Pinacoteca_dell'Accademia_dei__Concordi,_Rovigo
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Triumph of Zephyr and Flora oil


The Triumph of Zephyr and Flora
Painting ID::  1620 		The Triumph of Zephyr and Flora
1734-35 Museo del Settecento Veneziano di Ca'Rezzonico, Venice
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Last Supper (mk05) oil


The Last Supper (mk05)
Painting ID::  20703 		The Last Supper (mk05)
ca 1745-50 Canvas 32 x 35 1/2 (81 x 90 cm)Acquired in 1877
ca_1745-50 Canvas_32_x_35_1/2_(81_x_90_cm)Acquired_in_1877
   
   
     
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     Italian Rococo Era Painter, 1696-1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was born in Venice on March 5, 1696. His father, who was part owner of a ship, died when Tiepolo was scarcely a year old, but the family was left in comfortable circumstances. As a youth, he was apprenticed to Gregorio Lazzarini, a mediocre but fashionable painter known for his elaborately theatrical, rather grandiose compositions. Tiepolo soon evolved a more spirited style of his own. By the time he was 20, he had exhibited his work independently, and won plaudits, at an exhibition held at the church of S. Rocco. The next year he became a member of the Fraglia, or painters guild. In 1719 he married Cecilia Guardi, whose brother Francesco was to become famous as a painter of the Venetian scene. They had nine children, among them Giovanni Domenico and Lorenzo Baldassare, who were also painters. In the 1720s Tiepolo carried out many large-scale commissions on the northern Italian mainland. Of these the most important is the cycle of Old Testament scenes done for the patriarch of Aquileia, Daniele Dolfin, in the new Archbishop Palace at Udine. Here Tiepolo abandoned the dark hues that had characterized his early style and turned instead to the bright, sparkling colors that were to make him famous.

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