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 Angelica Carving Medoro's Name on a Tree oil


Angelica Carving Medoro's Name on a Tree
Painting ID::  51305 		Angelica Carving Medoro's Name on a Tree
1757 Fresco, 20 x 160 cm
1757_Fresco,_ 20_x_160_cm
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Rinaldo Abandoning Armida oil


Rinaldo Abandoning Armida
Painting ID::  51306 		Rinaldo Abandoning Armida
1757 Fresco, 220 x 310 cm
1757_Fresco, 220_x_310_cm
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family oil


The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family
Painting ID::  51315 		The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family
1761-62 Fresco, 2350 x 1350 cm
1761-62_ Fresco,_ 2350_x_1350_cm
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Rage of Achilles oil


The Rage of Achilles
Painting ID::  51316 		The Rage of Achilles
1757 Fresco, 300 x 300 cm
1757_Fresco,_ 300_x_300_cm
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew oil


The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew
Painting ID::  51317 		The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew
1722 Oil on canvas, 167 x 139 cm
1722_ Oil_on_canvas,_ 167_x_139_cm
   
   
     
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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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