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 "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 "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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

"Venice in the Age of Canaletto" Memphis Flyer - 14 Feb 2010 at 1:21am The exhibit surveys Venetian art in the 18th century and features work by Giambattista Tiepolo, Sebastiano Ricci, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, ...
Hartford Courant	Split-Up Works Of Noted Couples Together Again At Atheneum Hartford Courant - 14 Feb 2010 at 1:51am Other partners couldn't be found for a number of other European painters, including Valerio Castello, Claude Lorrain, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ...
MOSTRE: ROVIGO, MATTIA BORTOLONI "AIUTO" DEL TIEPOLO AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - 16 Feb 2010 at 11:23am Famoso, e molto richiesto in vita, fu ricordato in seguito "unicamente" come uno dei migliori aiuti di Giovan Battista Tiepolo. Negli ultimi 20 anni, ...