Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter and engraver, born in Venice in 1693, died at Madrid in 1770. He was gifted with a great easiness of drawing, and a remarkable sense of color. He was probably the last survivor of the Grand Italian school of painting. He is especially know for his frescoes, painted in a large number of Italian villas, palazzos, and churches. He decorated the Accademia del Venezia, the Royal Palace of Madrid, and the palace of Wurzburg. His frescoes are known for their dramatic motion and a sense of perspective that dazzles the onlooker, especially in his painted ceilings.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Banquet of Cleopatra" (1743-1744) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Marriage of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Beatrice of Burgundy" (1751) Imperial Hall of the Residenz, Wurzburg |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Prophet Isaiah" (1726-1729) Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Apollo and the Continents" (1752-1753) Stairwell of the Residenz, Wurzburg |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Allegory of Strength and Wisdom" (1740-1743) Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Maecenas Presenting the Liberal Arts to Emperor Augustus" (1743) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg |
Tiepolo "The Banquet of Cleopatra" (1745-1750) Palazzo Labia, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Nativity" (1732) Basilica di San Marco, Venice |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Three Angels Appearing to Abraham" (1726-1729) Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Adoration of the Magi" (1753) Alte Pinakothek, Munchen |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Apotheosis of Spain" (1764) Royal Palace, Madrid |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Apollo and the Continents" (1752-1753) New Residenz, The Wurzburg Palace |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Neptune Offering to Venice the Riches of The Sea" (1745-1750) Palazzo Ducale, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Banquet of Cleopatra (detail) 1" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Entourage of Cleopatra (detail)" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Virgin and Six Saints" (1734) Parish Church, Rovetta |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Martyrdom of St. Agatha" (1745-1750) Kaiser Friederich Museum, Berlin |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Aeneas Conducted to Immortality by Venus" (1764-1766) Royal Palace, Madrid |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew" (1722) San Stae, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Glory of Spain (detail) 2" (1762-1766) Throne Room, Palacio Real, Madrid |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Ceiling frescoes" (1737-1739) Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati), Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Jupiter and Danae" (1736) Universitet Konsthistoriska Institutionen, Stockholm |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Death of Hyacinth" (1752-1753) Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Rinaldo Abandoning Armida" (1757) Villa Valmarana, Vicenza |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy" (1762-1766) Queen's Antechamber, Palacio Real, Madrid |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Bellerophon on Pegasus" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Glory of St Dominic" (1737-1739) Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati), Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Carrying the Cross" (1738) Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Jacob's Dream" (1726-1729) Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family (detail) 2" (1761-1762) Villa Pisani, Stra |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Abraham Praying before the Three Angels" (1730) Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Apollo and the Continents (America, left-hand side)" (1752-1753) Stairwell of the Residenz, Wurzburg |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Bellerophon on Pegasus (detail) 1" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Christ Carrying the Cross" (1737-1738) Sant'Alvise, Venice |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido" (1757) Villa Valmarana, Vicenza |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Glory of Spain (detail) 3" (1762-1766) Throne Room, Palacio Real, Madrid |
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Theological Virtues" (1755) Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Stairwell seen from the gallery, looking south-east" () Residenz, Wurzburg |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family" (1761-1762) Villa Pisani, Stra |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Abraham and the Three Angels" () Museo del Prado, Madrid |