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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 Finding of Moses (nn03)
c 1730
Oil on canvas 202 x 342 cm 79 x 134 in
National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh
Painting ID:: 23507
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The_Finding_of_Moses_(nn03)
c 1730
Oil on canvas 202 x 342 cm 79 x 134 in
National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh
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The Immaculate Conception
mk61
1767-1769
Oil on canvas
279x152cm
Painting ID:: 28139
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The_Immaculate_Conception
mk61
1767-1769
Oil on canvas
279x152cm
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The Triumph of Aurelian
mk60
Oil on canvas
215x127"
Painting ID:: 28476
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The_Triumph_of_Aurelian
mk60
Oil on canvas
215x127"
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Queen Zenbia before Emperor Aurelian
mk61
c.1717
Oil on canvas
250x500cm
Painting ID:: 28685
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Queen_Zenbia_before_Emperor_Aurelian
mk61
c.1717
Oil on canvas
250x500cm
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Erection of a Statue to an Emperor
mk67
Oil on cavnas
163 7/8x68 1/4in
Uffizi,Gallery
Painting ID:: 29986
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Erection_of_a_Statue_to_an_Emperor
mk67
Oil on cavnas
163 7/8x68 1/4in
Uffizi,Gallery
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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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