Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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and printmaker from the Republic of Venice
Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...
. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain.
Early life (1696–1726)
Born in VeniceVenice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
, Tiepolo was the youngest of six children born to Orsetta, Tiepolo's mother and his father, Domenico Tiepolo, a sea captain. While the Tiepolo surname belongs to a patrician
Patricianship
Patricianship, the quality of belonging to a patriciate, began in the ancient world, where cities such as Ancient Rome had a class of patrician families whose members were the only people allowed to exercise many political functions...
family, Giambattista's father did not claim patrician status. The future artist was baptised in his parish church (San Pietro di Castello
San Pietro di Castello (church)
The Basilica di San Pietro di Castello , commonly called San Pietro di Castello, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica of the Patriarch of Venice located in the Castello sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. The present building dates from the 16th century, but a church has stood on the site since...
) as Giovanni Battista, in honour of his godfather
Godparent
A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a child's baptism. A male godparent is a godfather, and a female godparent is a godmother...
, a Venetian nobleman called Giovanni Battista Dorià. His father Domenico died a year after his birth, leaving Orsetta in difficult financial circumstances.
Giambattista was initially a pupil of Gregorio Lazzarini
Gregorio Lazzarini
Gregorio Lazzarini was an Italian painter, mostly of religious subjects, and those from history and mythology.Born in Venice, he initially trained with the Genovese painter Francesco Rosa, Girolamo Forabosco, and with the studio of Pietro della Vecchia. He joined the painters' guild in Venice in...
, but the influences from elder contemporaries such as Sebastiano Ricci
Sebastiano Ricci
Sebastiano Ricci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting.-Early years:He was born in Belluno, son...
and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta was an Italian rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.-Biography:...
are stronger in his work. At 19 years of age, Tiepolo completed his first major commission, the Sacrifice of Isaac (now in the Accademia
Accademia
The Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th century art in Venice, northern Italy. Situated on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro, it gives its name to one of the three bridges across the canal, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and to the boat landing station for the...
). He left Lazzarini studio in 1717, and was received into the Fraglia or guild of painters.
In 1719, Tiepolo was married to Maria Cecilia Guardi, sister of two contemporary Venetian painters Francesco
Francesco Guardi
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi was a Venetian painter of veduta, a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting....
and Giovanni Antonio Guardi
Giovanni Antonio Guardi
Giovanni Antonio Guardi , also known as Gianantonio Guardi, was an Italian painter. Guardi was one of the founders of the Venetian Academy in 1756.-Biography:...
. Together, Tiepolo and his wife had nine children. Four daughters and three sons survived childhood. Two sons, Domenico
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo was a Venetian painter and printmaker in etching. He was the son of artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo.-Life history:...
and Lorenzo
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo was an artist and son of the more famous Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In 1750, he travelled to Würzburg with his father and brother, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, where he worked alongside them on the decorative fresco cycle in the Würzburg Residence. A number of drawings...
, painted with him as his assistants and achieved some independent recognition. His third son became a priest.
Early mature work (1726–1750)
A patrician from the Friulian town of UdineUdine
Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical...
, Dionisio Delfino, commissioned a fresco decoration of the chapel and palace from the young Tiepolo (completed 1726–1728). Tiepolo's first masterpieces in Venice were a cycle of enormous canvases painted to decorate a large reception room of Ca' Dolfin on the Grand Canal of Venice (ca. 1726–1729), depicting ancient battles and triumph.
These early masterpieces, novel for Venetian frescoes in their luminosity, brought him many commissions. He painted canvases for churches such as that of Verolanuova
Verolanuova
Verolanuova is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy.-External links:*...
(1735–1740), for the Scuola dei Carmini
Carmini
Santa Maria dei Carmini, also called Santa Maria del Carmelo and commonly known simply as the Carmini, is a small church in the sestiere or neighbourhood of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy. It nestles against the former Scuola Grande di Santa Maria del Carmelo, also known as the Scuola dei...
(1740–1747), and the Chiesa degli Scalzi
Scalzi (Venice)
The church of Santa Maria di Nazareth or church of the Scalzi is a religious building in the sestiere of Cannaregio in Venice, near Venezia Santa Lucia railway station. It was built in the 18th century by Baldassarre Longhena....
(1743–1744; now destroyed) in Cannaregio
Cannaregio
Cannaregio is the northernmost of the six historic sestieri of Venice. It is the second largest sestiere by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people as of 2007....
, a ceiling for the Palazzi Archinto and Casati-Dugnani in Milan (1731), the Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
(1732–1733), a ceiling for the Gesuati
Gesuati
Santa Maria del Rosario , commonly known as I Gesuati, is an 18th century Dominican church in the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, on the Giudecca canal in Venice, northern Italy....
(Santa Maria del Rosario) in Venice of St. Dominic Instituting the Rosary (1737–1739), Palazzo Clerici, Milan (1740), decorations for Villa Cordellini at Montecchio Maggiore
Montecchio Maggiore
Montecchio Maggiore is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is situated approximately 12 km west of Vicenza and 43 km east of Verona, SP 246 passes through it....
(1743–1744) and for the ballroom of the Palazzo Labia
Palazzo Labia
Palazzo Labia is a baroque palace in Venice, Italy. Built in the 17th-18th century, it is one of the last great palazzi of Venice. Little known outside of Italy, it is most notable for the remarkable frescoed ballroom painted between by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, with decorative works in trompe...
, now a television studio in Venice, showing the Story of Cleopatra (1745–1750).
Tiepolo frescoes the Würzburg Residenz (1750–1753)
By 1750, Tiepolo's reputation was firmly established throughout Europe. That year, at the behest of Prince Bishop Karl Philip von Greiffenklau, he traveled to WürzburgWürzburg
Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
where he resided for three years and executed ceiling paintings in the New Residenz
Würzburg Residence
The Würzburg Residence is a palace in Würzburg, southern Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representants of the Austrian/South German Baroque were involved in the construction, as well as Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand, who were followers of the French Style...
palace (completed 1744). His painting for the grandiose Neumann
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...
-designed entrance staircase (Treppenhaus) is a massive ceiling fresco
Fresco
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
at , and was completed in collaboration with his sons, Giandomenico and Lorenzo. His Allegory of the Planets and Continents depicts Apollo embarking on his daily course; deities around him symbolize the planets; allegorical figures (on the cornice) represent the four continents Europe, Asia, Africa and America. He included a self-portrait beside a portrait of his son Giandomenico in the Europe section of this fresco. He also frescoed the Kaisersaal salon.
Return to Venice and Veneto (1753–1770)
Tiepolo returned to Venice in 1753. He was now in demand locally, as well as abroad where he was elected President of the Academy of PaduaPadua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
. He went on to complete theatrical frescoes for churches; the Triumph of Faith for the Chiesa della Pietà; panel frescos for Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice. Today it is a public museum dedicated to 18th century Venice. - Design :Ca' Rezzonico stands on the right bank of the canal, at the point where it is joined by the Rio di San Barnaba. The site was previously occupied by two houses...
(which now also holds his ceiling fresco from the Palazzo Barbarigo
Palazzo Barbarigo
Palazzo Barbarigo is a palace in Venice, Italy, situated on the Grand Canal of the city. It was originally built in the 16th century. Today it is one of the more opulent palazzi on the canal, distinguished by its mosaics of Murano glass applied in 1886...
); and paintings for patrician villas in the Venetian countryside, such as Villa Valmarana in Vicenza
Vicenza
Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione...
and an elaborate panegyric ceiling for the now nearly-vacant Villa Pisani
Villa Pisani
Villa Pisani is the name shared by a number of villas commissioned by the patrician Pisani family of Venice. However, Villa Pisani usually refers to a large, late baroque villa at Stra on the mainland of the Veneto, northern Italy. It was begun in the early 18th century for Alvise Pisani, the most...
in Stra
Stra
Stra is a town and comune in the province of Venice, Veneto, Italy. It is south of SR11. It is the location of the famed Villa Pisani located on the Brenta canal.-Sources:*...
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In celebrated frescoes at the Palazzo Labia
Palazzo Labia
Palazzo Labia is a baroque palace in Venice, Italy. Built in the 17th-18th century, it is one of the last great palazzi of Venice. Little known outside of Italy, it is most notable for the remarkable frescoed ballroom painted between by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, with decorative works in trompe...
, he depicted two frescoes on the life of Cleopatra: Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatrahttp://www.wga.hu/html/t/tiepolo/gianbatt/4labia/1meetin.html and Banquet of Cleopatra,http://www.wga.hu/html/t/tiepolo/gianbatt/4labia/2banque.html as well as a central ceiling fresco depicts Triumph of Bellerophon over Time. He collaborated with an expert in perspective, Girolamo Mengozzi Colonna. Colonna who also designed sets for opera highlights the increasing tendency towards composition as a staged fiction in his frescoes. The architecture of the Banquet fresco also recalls Veronese's Wedding at Cannae. In 1757, he painted the altar piece commissioned by the family Thiene, the work represents the apotheosis of Saint Cajetan
Saint Cajetan
Saint Cajetan , born Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene , is a Catholic Church saint and founder of the order of the Clerics Regular, better known as the Theatines...
, the altar piece is in the church of hamlet of Rampazzo in the Camisano Vicentino
Camisano Vicentino
Camisano Vicentino is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is north of SP24, and about 5 miles away from Autostrada A4.It has a famous Sunday market.-Twin towns — Sister cities:Taipei is twinned with: Fuerte Olimpo, Paraguay...
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Frescoes for the Royal Palace in Madrid
In 1761, Charles IIICharles III of Spain
Charles III was the King of Spain and the Spanish Indies from 1759 to 1788. He was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Princess Elisabeth Farnese...
commissioned Tiepolo to create a ceiling fresco to decorate the throne room of the Royal Palace of Madrid
Royal Palace of Madrid
The Palacio Real de Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain in the city of Madrid, but it is only used for state ceremonies. King Juan Carlos and the Royal Family do not reside in the palace, choosing instead the more modest Palacio de la Zarzuela on the outskirts of Madrid...
. The panegyric
Panegyric
A panegyric is a formal public speech, or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing, a generally highly studied and discriminating eulogy, not expected to be critical. It is derived from the Greek πανηγυρικός meaning "a speech fit for a general assembly"...
theme is the Apotheosis of Spain and has allegorical depictions recalling the dominance of Spain in the Americas and across the globe. In Spain, he incurred the jealousy and the bitter opposition of the rising champion of Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
, Anton Raphael Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs
Anton Raphael Mengs was a German painter, active in Rome, Madrid and Saxony, who became one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting.- Biography :Mengs was born in 1728 at Ústí nad Labem in Bohemia...
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Tiepolo died in Madrid on March 27, 1770.
After his death, the rise of stern Neoclassicism and the post-revolutionary decline of royal absolutism led to the slow decline of the Tiepolo style, but had failed to dent his reputation. By 1772, Tiepolo's son was sufficiently famous to be documented as painter to Doge Giovanni Cornaro, in charge of the decoration of Palazzo Mocenigo a San Polo.
Exhibitions
Works of Tiepolo were exhibited between July 26 and September 29 1979 at the Palazzo Ducale Museum in Venice Italy. The exhibition was catalogued and published the same year in the book Tiepolo, Tecnica E immaginazione by George Knox.Critical assessment and legacy
Rococo
Rococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
Pietro da Cortona
Pietro da Cortona
Pietro da Cortona, by the name of Pietro Berrettini, born Pietro Berrettini da Cortona, was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and also one of the key architects in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important decorator...
. His sumptuous historical set-pieces are enveloped in a regal luminosity. He is principally known for his fresco
Fresco
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
work, particularly his panegyric ceilings. These followed the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
tradition begun a century before by Pietro da Cortona
Pietro da Cortona
Pietro da Cortona, by the name of Pietro Berrettini, born Pietro Berrettini da Cortona, was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and also one of the key architects in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important decorator...
, converting roof to painted sky, elevating petty aristocrats to divine status, and allowing for vast compositions that merged with the delicate ornamentation of the stucco frames. Like Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....
, his palette was muted, almost water-color like. Like Giordano, he was prolific. With an unrivaled Sprezzatura
Sprezzatura
Sprezzatura is an Italian word originating from Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier, where it is defined by the author as “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it.” It is...
, he painted worlds of fresco, and some such as the walls of Villa Valmarana in Vicenza
Vicenza
Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione...
, not only peer into the mythologic scenes, but are meant to relocate viewers into their midst. The earliest example of this is perhaps his canvases in the Ca' Dolfin, which allowed Tiepolo to introduce exuberant costumes, classical sculpture, and action that appears to spill from the frames into the room. Originally set into recesses, they were surrounded with frescoed frames.
While his painting is infused with the Venetian spirit, his luminosity is not seen in the previous masters; however, Tiepolo is considered the last "Olympian" painter of the Venetian Republic. Like Titian
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
before him, Tiepolo was an international star, treasured by royalty far afield for his ability to depict glory in fresco.
His children painted figures with a design similar to that of their father, but with distinctive, including genre, styles.
Paintings before 1740
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| The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew | 1722 | San Stae San Stae San Stae is a church in central Venice, in the sestiere di Santa Croce.San Stae, an abbreviation for Saint Eustachius, was founded at the beginning of 11th century and reconstructed in 17th century, has a main facade on the Grand Canal of Venice, constructed by Domenico Rossi, and richly... , Venice |
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| The Rape of Europa | Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice | ||
| Allegory of the Power of Eloquence | Courtauld Institute, Modello Modello A modello, from the Italian, is a preparatory study or model, usually at a smaller scale, for a work of art or architecture, especially one produced for the approval of the commissioning patron. The term gained currency in art circles in Tuscany in the fourteenth century. Modern definitions in... for Palazzo Sandi, Venice |
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| Frescoes | 1726 | Episcopal palace, Udine Udine Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical... |
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| Perseus & Andromeda | 1730 | Frick Collection Frick Collection The Frick Collection is an art museum located in Manhattan, New York City, United States.- History :It is housed in the former Henry Clay Frick House, which was designed by Thomas Hastings and constructed in 1913-1914. John Russell Pope altered and enlarged the building in the early 1930s to adapt... |
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| Education of the Virgin | 1732 | S. Maria della Consolazione (Fava), Venice | |
| Angel rescuing Hagar | 1732 | Scuola di San Rocco, Venice | |
| John the Baptist preaching | 1732–1733 | Cappella Colleoni Cappella Colleoni The Cappella Colleoni is a church/mausoleum in Bergamo, northern Italy.Dedicated to the saints Bartholomew, Mark and John the Baptist, it was built in 1472-1476 as the personal shrine for the famous condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni, a member of one of the most outstanding families of the city, and... , Bergamo |
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| Beheading of John the Baptist | 1732–1733 | Cappella Colleoni Cappella Colleoni The Cappella Colleoni is a church/mausoleum in Bergamo, northern Italy.Dedicated to the saints Bartholomew, Mark and John the Baptist, it was built in 1472-1476 as the personal shrine for the famous condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni, a member of one of the most outstanding families of the city, and... , Bergamo |
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| Scourge of the Serpents | 1732–1735 | Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice | |
| Joseph receiving ring from pharaoh | 1732–1735 | Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, South London. England's first purpose-built public art gallery, it was designed by Regency architect Sir John Soane and opened to the public in 1817. Soane arranged the exhibition spaces as a series of interlinked rooms illuminated naturally... |
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| Triumph of Zephyr and Flora | 1734–1735 | Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice. Today it is a public museum dedicated to 18th century Venice. - Design :Ca' Rezzonico stands on the right bank of the canal, at the point where it is joined by the Rio di San Barnaba. The site was previously occupied by two houses... , Venice |
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| Jupiter and Danaë | 1736 | Universitet Konsthistoriska Institutionen, Stockholm | |
| The Finding of Moses | 1736-1738 | National Gallery of Scotland National Gallery of Scotland The National Gallery of Scotland, in Edinburgh, is the national art gallery of Scotland. An elaborate neoclassical edifice, it stands on The Mound, between the two sections of Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens... , Edinburgh |
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| Pope St. Clement Adoring the Trinity | 1737–1738 | Alte Pinakothek, Munich | |
| Saint Augustin, Saint Louis of France, Saint John the Evangelist and a bishop | 1737–1738 | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille is one of the largest museums in France, and the largest French museum outside of Paris.... |
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| Institution of the Rosary | 1737–1739 | Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati), Venice | |
| Christ Carrying the Cross | 1737–1738 | Sant'Alvise Sant'Alvise Sant'Alvise is a church in the sestiere of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. According to tradition, it was built by Antonia Venier in 1338 and dedicated to St. Louis of Toulouse, and located next to an adjacent convent.... , Venice |
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| The Madonna of Mount Carmel | 1730s | Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan | |
| Virgin with Six Saints | 1737–1740 | Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest | |
Works from 1740–1750
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| Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles | 1740 | Getty Center Getty Center The Getty Center, in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, is a campus for cultural institutions founded by oilman J. Paul Getty. The $1.3 billion center, which opened on December 16, 1997, is also well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles... , Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
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| The Virgin Appearing to St. Philip Neri | 1740 | Museo Diocesano, Camerino Camerino Camerino is a small town of 7.135 inhabitants in the Marches , in the province of Macerata, Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about 40 miles from Ancona.... |
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| The Gathering of Manna | 1740–1742 | Parrocchiale, Verolanuova Verolanuova Verolanuova is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy.-External links:*... |
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| The Sacrifice of Melchizedek | 1740–1742 | Parrocchiale, Verolanuova Verolanuova Verolanuova is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy.-External links:*... |
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| Rinaldo Enchanted by Armida | 1742 | Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either... |
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| Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden | 1742 | Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either... |
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| Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo | 1742 | Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either... |
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| Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon | 1742 | Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either... |
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| The Triumph of Virtue and Nobility over Ignorance | 1743 | Norton Simon Museum Norton Simon Museum The Norton Simon Museum is an Art Museum located in Pasadena, California, United States. It was previously known by the names: the Pasadena Art Institute and the Pasadena Art Museum.-Overview:... (Pasadena, CA) |
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| Empire of Flora | 1743 | The Legion of Honor(San Francisco, CA) | ||
| Time Unveiling Truth | Museo Civico Palazzo Chiericati Palazzo Chiericati Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza , designed by Andrea Palladio.- History :The Palazzo was commissioned to Palladio by Count Girolamo Chiericati. The architect started building the architecture in 1550, some further work was completed under the patronage of Chiericati's son and... , Vicenza |
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| The Banquet of Cleopatra | 1743 | National Gallery of Victoria National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites... , Melbourne |
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| Worshippers | 1743–1745 | Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice | ||
| Apollo and Daphne | 1744–1745 | Musée du Louvre, Paris | ||
| Discovery of the True Cross | Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice | |||
| Time Unveiling Truth | –1750 | Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas... , Boston |
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| Frescoes of the story of Cleopatra | 1746 | Palazzo Labia Palazzo Labia Palazzo Labia is a baroque palace in Venice, Italy. Built in the 17th-18th century, it is one of the last great palazzi of Venice. Little known outside of Italy, it is most notable for the remarkable frescoed ballroom painted between by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, with decorative works in trompe... , Venice |
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| The Virgin with 3 female Dominican Saints | 1739–1748 | Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati), Venice | ||
| Last Communion of St. Lucy | 1747–1748 | Santi Apostoli, Venice Santi Apostoli, Venice The Chiesa dei Santi Apostoli di Cristo , commonly called San Apostoli, is a 7th century Roman Catholic church located in the Cannaregio sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. It is one of the oldest churches in the city and has undergone numerous changes since its foundation. The present building... |
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| The Banquet of Cleopatra and Antony | 1747–1750 | North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh | ||
| The Glorification of the Barbaro Family | 1749–1750 | Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the... , New York |
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| St. James the Greater Conquering the Moors | 1749–1750 | Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest | ||
Works after 1750
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| Frescoes | 1751–1753 | Residenz, Wurzburg | http://www.residenz-wuerzburg.de/englisch/residenz/treppe.htm http://www.residenz-wuerzburg.de/englisch/residenz/kaisers.htm |
| Collecting Manna | National Museum of Serbia National Museum of Serbia The National Museum is the largest and oldest museum in Serbia. It is located in Republic Square, Belgrade, Serbia. The museum was established on May 10, 1844. Since it was founded, its collections have to over 400,000 objects including many foreign masterpieces... , Belgrade |
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| Allegory of Planets and Continents | 1752 | Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the... , New York |
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/european_paintings/allegory_of_the_planets_and_continents_giovanni_battista_tiepolo/objectview.aspx?collID=11&OID=110002243 |
| The Death of Hyacinth | 1752–1753 | Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid | |
| Adoration of the Magi | 1753 | Alte Pinakothek, Munich | |
| Coronation of the Virgin | 1754 | Kimbell Art Museum Kimbell Art Museum The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, hosts a small but excellent art collection as well as traveling art exhibitions, educational programs and an extensive research library. Its initial artwork came from the private collection of Kay and Velma Kimbell, who also provided funds for a new... , Dallas (modelo for Ospedale della Pietà) |
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| An Allegory with Venus and Time | 1754–1758 | National Gallery, London National Gallery, London The National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media... |
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| Frescoes from Roman mythology | 1757 | Villa Valmarana, Vicenza Vicenza Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione... |
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| A Seated Man and a Girl with a Pitcher | National Gallery, London National Gallery, London The National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media... |
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| The Theological Virtues | Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels | ||
| The Martyrdom of St. Agatha | Staatliche Museen, Berlin | ||
| Allegory of Merit Accompanied by Nobility and Virtue | 1757–1758 | Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice. Today it is a public museum dedicated to 18th century Venice. - Design :Ca' Rezzonico stands on the right bank of the canal, at the point where it is joined by the Rio di San Barnaba. The site was previously occupied by two houses... , Venice |
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| The Vision of St. Anne | 1759 | Gemäldegalerie, Dresden | |
| Virtue and Nobility Crowning Love | 1759-1761 | Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas... |
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| Modello for the Apotheosis of the Pisani Family | 1760 | Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers | |
| Madonna of the Goldfinch | National Gallery of Art, Washington | ||
| Woman with a Parrot | 1760–1761 | Ashmolean Museum Ashmolean Museum The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum... , Oxford |
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| Apotheosis of the Pisani Family | 1761–1762 | Villa Pisani Villa Pisani Villa Pisani is the name shared by a number of villas commissioned by the patrician Pisani family of Venice. However, Villa Pisani usually refers to a large, late baroque villa at Stra on the mainland of the Veneto, northern Italy. It was begun in the early 18th century for Alvise Pisani, the most... , Stra |
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| San Carlo Borromeo | 1767–1769 | Cincinnati Art Museum Cincinnati Art Museum The Cincinnati Art Museum is one of the oldest art museums in the United States. Founded in 1881, it was the first purpose-built art museum west of the Alleghenies. Its collection of over 60,000 works make it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Midwest.Museum founders debated locating... |
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| The Immaculate Conception | 1767–1769 | Museo del Prado Museo del Prado The Museo del Prado is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection, and unquestionably the best single collection of... , Madrid |
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| Glory of Spain | 1762–1766 | Throne Room of Royal Palace of Madrid Royal Palace of Madrid The Palacio Real de Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain in the city of Madrid, but it is only used for state ceremonies. King Juan Carlos and the Royal Family do not reside in the palace, choosing instead the more modest Palacio de la Zarzuela on the outskirts of Madrid... |
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| The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy | 1762–1766 | Queen's Antechamber, Palacio Real, Madrid | |
| Venus and Vulcan | 1762–1766 | Halberdiers' Room, Palacio Real, Madrid | |
Further reading
- Aldo Rizzi, Il Tiepolo all'Arcivescovado di Udine, Milano 1965.
- Aldo Rizzi, Tiepolo a Udine, Milano 1969.
- Aldo Rizzi, le acqueforti dei Tiepolo, Milano, 1970.
- Aldo Rizzi, La grafica del Tiepolo: le acqueforti, Milano 1971.
- Aldo Rizzi, La mostra del Tiepolo, Milano 1971.
- Aldo Rizzi, Giambattista Tiepolo, Milano 1990.
- Aldo Rizzi, I Tiepolo a Udine, Milano 1996.