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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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The Meeting of Anthony and Cleopatra
1746-47 Fresco
Palazzo Labia, Venice
Painting ID:: 1617
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The_Meeting_of_Anthony_and_Cleopatra
1746-47 Fresco
Palazzo Labia, Venice
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The Banquet of Cleopatra
1743-44
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Painting ID:: 1618
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The_Banquet_of_Cleopatra
1743-44
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Portrait of Antonio Riccobono
1743-45
Pinacoteca dell'Accademia dei Concordi, Rovigo
Painting ID:: 1619
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Portrait_of_Antonio_Riccobono
1743-45
Pinacoteca dell'Accademia dei Concordi, Rovigo
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The Triumph of Zephyr and Flora
1734-35
Museo del Settecento Veneziano di Ca'Rezzonico, Venice
Painting ID:: 1620
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The_Triumph_of_Zephyr_and_Flora
1734-35
Museo del Settecento Veneziano di Ca'Rezzonico, Venice
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The Last Supper (mk05)
ca 1745-50
Canvas 32 x 35 1/2 (81 x 90 cm)Acquired in 1877
Painting ID:: 20703
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The_Last_Supper_(mk05)
ca 1745-50
Canvas 32 x 35 1/2 (81 x 90 cm)Acquired in 1877
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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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