Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 -1770)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Gathering of Manna" (1740-1742) Parrocchiale, Verolanuova

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Institution of the Rosary (detail) 2" (1737-1739) Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati), Venice

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "The Banquet of Cleopatra (detail) 4" (1746-1747) Palazzo Labia, Venice

Old Masters auctions total more than $120 million Chicago Tribune - 27 Jan 2012 at 10:33am The top price in several days of sales at Christie's and Sotheby's was $5.9 million for Giambattista Tiepolo's "The Arrival of Henry VIII at the Villa Contarini" at Christie's, an auction record that was just under the work's high estimate.
Telegraph.co.uk	Art sales: $4.1m Martini stirs market Telegraph.co.uk - 31 Jan 2012 at 6:26am ... but it's a fantastic example of French Rococo,” said Christopher Apostle of Sotheby's. Similar in appeal, though less over the top, was a large decorative oil sketch, pulsating with grandeur, made by the late-Baroque artist Giambattista Tiepolo for ...