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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 Death of Hyacinth
1752-53
Oil on canvas,
287 x 235 cm
Painting ID:: 51318
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The_Death_of_Hyacinth
1752-53
Oil on canvas,
287 x 235 cm
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The Virgin Appearing to St Philip Neri
1740
Oil on canvas,
360 x 182 cm
Painting ID:: 51319
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The_Virgin_Appearing_to_St_Philip_Neri
1740
Oil on canvas,
360 x 182 cm
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The Sacrifice of Melchizedek
1740-42
Oil on canvas,
1000 x 525 cm
Painting ID:: 51320
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The_Sacrifice_of_Melchizedek
1740-42
Oil on canvas,
1000 x 525 cm
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The Martyrdom of St Agatha
c. 1756
Oil on canvas,
184 x 131 cm
Painting ID:: 52047
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The_Martyrdom_of_St_Agatha
c. 1756
Oil on canvas,
184 x 131 cm
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Madonna of the Goldfinch
c. 1760 Oil on canvas
Painting ID:: 52190
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Madonna_of_the_Goldfinch
c. 1760 Oil on canvas
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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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