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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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Portrat eines Prokurators
ca. 1750(1750)
Oil on canvas
235 ?? 158 cm (92.5 ?? 62.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 77547
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Portrat_eines_Prokurators
ca. 1750(1750)
Oil on canvas
235 ?? 158 cm (92.5 ?? 62.2 in)
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St Jacobus defeats the Moors
Oil on canvas
317 x 163 cm
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Painting ID:: 79145
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St_Jacobus_defeats_the_Moors
Oil on canvas
317 x 163 cm
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Allegory of the Planets and Continents
185.4 x 139.4 cm
Oil on canvas
185.4 x 139.4 cm)
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Painting ID:: 79659
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Allegory_of_the_Planets_and_Continents
185.4 x 139.4 cm
Oil on canvas
185.4 x 139.4 cm)
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The Death of Hyacinthus
Date ca. 1752-1753
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 287 x 232 cm (113 x 91.3 in)
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Painting ID:: 82576
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The_Death_of_Hyacinthus
Date ca. 1752-1753
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 287 x 232 cm (113 x 91.3 in)
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Das Bankett der Cleopatra
1743-1744
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 249-349 cm
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Painting ID:: 83411
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Das_Bankett_der_Cleopatra
1743-1744
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 249-349 cm
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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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