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 Allegory of Merit Accompanied by Nobility and Virtue oil


Allegory of Merit Accompanied by Nobility and Virtue
Painting ID::  52206 		Allegory of Merit Accompanied by Nobility and Virtue
1757-58 Fresco, 1000 x 600 cm
1757-58_Fresco,_1000_x_600_cm
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Virgin with Six Saints oil


The Virgin with Six Saints
Painting ID::  52225 		The Virgin with Six Saints
1737-40 Oil on canvas, 72,8 x 56 cm
1737-40_Oil_on_canvas,_72,8_x_56_cm
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Brollopsallegori oil


Brollopsallegori
Painting ID::  53840 		Brollopsallegori
mk234 1758
mk234_ 1758
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Queen Zenobia talk to their soldiers oil


Queen Zenobia talk to their soldiers
Painting ID::  53841 		Queen Zenobia talk to their soldiers
mk234 about 1730 262x366cm
mk234_ about_1730_ 262x366cm
   
   
     
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo young woman with macaw oil


young woman with macaw
Painting ID::  56127 		young woman with macaw
mk247 c.1760,oil on canvas,ashomlean museum,oxford,uk
mk247 c.1760,oil_on_canvas,ashomlean_museum,oxford,uk
   
   
     
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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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