Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 -1770)

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.

Among his masterpieces, Apolo and the Continents, The Adoration of the Magi, Apotheosis of Spain and The Martyrdom of St. Agatha, etc.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Banquet of Cleopatra" (1743-1744) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Allegory of the Planets and Continents" (1752) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	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	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Bellerophon on Pegasus (detail) 1" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Sacrifice of Isaac" (1726-1729) Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Maecenas Presenting the Liberal Arts to Emperor Augustus" (1743) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Jupiter and Danae" (1736) Universitet Konsthistoriska Institutionen, Stockholm	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Allegory of Strength and Wisdom" (1740-1743) Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "John the Baptist Preaching" (1732-1733) Cappella Colleoni, Bergamo	Tiepolo "The Banquet of Cleopatra" (1745-1750) Palazzo Labia, Venice
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Three Angels Appearing to Abraham" (1726-1729) Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Rinaldo Abandoning Armida" (1757) Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Bellerophon on Pegasus" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Woman with a Parrot" (1760-1761) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Apollo and the Continents" (1752-1753) New Residenz, The Wurzburg Palace	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Nativity" (1732) Basilica di San Marco, Venice	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "View of the stairwell" () Residenz, Wurzburg	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Institution of the Rosary" (1737-1739) Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati), Venice
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Rage of Achilles" (1757) Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Jacob's Dream" (1726-1729) Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Apollo and Daphne" (1744-1745) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family (detail) 2" (1761-1762) Villa Pisani, Stra
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "St James the Greater Conquering the Moors" (1749-1750) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy" (1762-1766) Queen's Antechamber, Palacio Real, Madrid	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Neptune Offering to Venice the Riches of The Sea" (1745-1750) Palazzo Ducale, Venice	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Triumph of Zephyr and Flora" (1734-1735) Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Glory of Spain (detail) 1" (1762-1766) Throne Room, Palacio Real, Madrid	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Adoration of the Magi" (1753) Alte Pinakothek, Munchen	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Apollo and the Continents (Africa, right-hand side)" (1752-1753) Stairwell of the Residenz, Wurzburg	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Glory of Spain (detail) 3" (1762-1766) Throne Room, Palacio Real, Madrid
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Apotheosis of Spain" (1764) Royal Palace, Madrid	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Bellerophon on Pegasus (detail) 2" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Banquet of Cleopatra (detail) 1" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Apollo and the Continents (America, left-hand side)" (1752-1753) Stairwell of the Residenz, Wurzburg
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Scourge of the Serpents (detail)" (1732-1735) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Fortitude and Justice" (1743) Scuola Grande dei Carmini, Venice	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Apollo and the Continents (Europe, overall view)" (1752-1753) Stairwell of the Residenz, Wurzburg	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "Glory of Spain (detail) 2" (1762-1766) Throne Room, Palacio Real, Madrid

Two exhibits opening Thursday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art NewsOK.com - 3 Sep 2010 at 6:00pm Among the highlights in the museum's Venetian exhibit are Battista Tiepolo's "Juno Triumphant, as Queen of the Air," a dramatic painting that shows Juno, ...
Technology meets Piranesi">Technology meets Piranesi's wild imaginings Financial Times - 3 Sep 2010 at 7:16pm Other crucial influences were the Capricci and Scherzi di Fantasia of Tiepolo. These mysterious engraving cycles, peopled with skeletons and crones in ...
stv.tv	Scottish artist lands gallery spot alongside renowned painter George Devlin stv.tv - 20 Aug 2010 at 11:04am Inspired by artists such as Simone Martini, Giovanni Bellini and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, the Banchory artist is optimistic his first exhibition will help ...