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Giambattista Pittoni (1687?C1767) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in his native Venice.
Pittoni is best known for his "grand-manner" canvases depicting religious, historical, and mythological subjects (such as Sophonisba and Polyxena). He was a co-founder of the official painter's academy in Venice (in competition to the old fraglia or painter's guild), the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, and he succeeded as President (1758?C1761) his contemporary Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Pittoni never left his native Venice, but completed commissions from German, Polish, Russian, and Austrian patrons. His mature palette was noted, as was Tiepolo's, for his lightness of tone. Besides Tiepolo, Pittoni's influences were Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Sebastiano Ricci, and Antonio Balestra. His paintings were of a Rococo style, but later became more sedate in their approach towards Neoclassicism.
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Painting ID:: 68577 St Elizabeth Distributing Alms
1734
Oil on canvas
72 x 43 cm
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Painting ID:: 68778 St Elizabeth Distributing Alms
1734
oil on canvas
72 x 43 cm
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Painting ID:: 71903 Eliezer and Rebecca
18th century
Oil on canvas
168 x 130 cm (66.14 x 51.18 in)
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Painting ID:: 73180 Eliezer and Rebecca
Date 18th century
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 168 X 130 cm (66.14 X 51.18 in)
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Painting ID:: 74791 Saint Roch
1727
Oil on canvas
42 x 32 cm
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Giambattista Pittoni
(1687?C1767) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in his native Venice.
Pittoni is best known for his "grand-manner" canvases depicting religious, historical, and mythological subjects (such as Sophonisba and Polyxena). He was a co-founder of the official painter's academy in Venice (in competition to the old fraglia or painter's guild), the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, and he succeeded as President (1758?C1761) his contemporary Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Pittoni never left his native Venice, but completed commissions from German, Polish, Russian, and Austrian patrons. His mature palette was noted, as was Tiepolo's, for his lightness of tone. Besides Tiepolo, Pittoni's influences were Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Sebastiano Ricci, and Antonio Balestra. His paintings were of a Rococo style, but later became more sedate in their approach towards Neoclassicism.
. Related Artists to Giambattista Pittoni: | Alexei Harlamov | Carl d Unker | Paul Troger | Pooley, Thomas | ALBERTINELLI Mariotto |
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