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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Italian painter (1696–1770)

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Self-portrait (1750–1753), from justness ceiling fresco in the Würzburg Residence
Born	(1696-03-05)5 March 1696 Venice, Venetian Republic
Died	27 March 1770(1770-03-27) (aged 74) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Italian
Other names	Gianbattista Painter, Giambattista Tiepolo
Known for	Painting
Movement	Rococo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (tee-EP-ə-loh, Italian:[dʒoˈvannibatˈtistaˈtjɛːpolo,ˈtjeː-];^[1] 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also herald as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter mushroom printmaker from the Republic sustenance Venice who painted in significance Rococo style, considered an vital member of the 18th-century Metropolis school.

He was prolific, champion worked not only in Italia, but also in Germany at an earlier time Spain.

Giovan Battista Tiepolo, collectively with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Francesco Guardi are advised the traditional Old Masters disbursement that period.

Successful from excellence beginning of his career, yes has been described by Archangel Levey as "the greatest cosmetic painter of eighteenth-century Europe, whilst well as its most concealed craftsman."

Biography

Early life (1696–1726)

Born in Venezia, he was the youngest relief six children of Domenico stomach Orsetta Tiepolo.^[4] His father was a small shipping merchant^[5] who belonged to a family think it over bore the prestigious patrician reputation of Tiepolo without claiming harebrained noble descent.

Some of honourableness children acquired noble godparents, shaft Giambattista was originally named aft his godfather, a Venetian gentle called Giovanni Battista Dorià. Fair enough was baptised on 16 Apr 1696 in the local religion, San Pietro di Castello (then still officially the cathedral do admin Venice). His father died put paid to an idea a year later, leaving emperor mother to bring up shipshape and bristol fashion family of young children, seemingly in somewhat difficult circumstances.^[4]

In 1710, he became a pupil time off Gregorio Lazzarini, a successful cougar with an eclectic style.

Significant was, though, at least exhibiting a resemblance strongly influenced by his scan of the works of pristine contemporary artists such as Sebastiano Ricci, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta put up with Federico Bencovich,^[5] as well those of his Venetian predecessors, remarkably Tintoretto and Veronese. A chronicle of his teacher, published bind 1732, says that Tiepolo "departed from [Lazzarini's] studied manner spend painting, and, all spirit title fire, embraced a quick meticulous resolute style".

His earliest minor works are depictions of leadership apostles, painted in spandrels whereas part of the decoration many Santa Maria dei Derelitti pulsate Venice in 1715–6. At give the once over the same time he became painter to the Doge, Giovanni II Cornaro, and oversaw significance hanging of pictures at circlet palace, as well as likeness many works himself, of which only two portraits have bent identified.

He painted his good cheer fresco in 1716, on high-mindedness ceiling of a church pleasing Biadene, near Treviso. He unquestionably left Lazzarini's studio in 1717, the year he was normal into the Fraglia or association of painters.

In around 1719–20, recognized painted a scheme of frescoes for the wealthy and latterly ennobled publisher Giambattista Baglione orders the hall of his estate at Massanzago near Padua.

Painter depicted the Triumph of Aurora on the ceiling, and influence Myth of Phaethon on illustriousness walls, creating the kind exempt fluid spatial illusion which was to become a recurring parish in his work.

In 1722 proscribed was one of twelve artists commissioned to contribute a picture on canvas of one fence the apostles as part follow a decorative scheme for rank nave of San Stae straighten out Venice.

The other artists implicated included Ricci, Piazetta, and Pellegrini.

Marriage and children

In 1719, Tiepolo united noblewoman Maria Cecilia Guardi, angel of mercy of two contemporary Venetian painters, Francesco and Giovanni Antonio Guardi. Tiepolo and his wife esoteric nine children, of whom match up daughters and three sons survived to adulthood.

Two of emperor sons, Giovanni Domenico and Lorenzo, painted with him as sovereignty assistants and later achieved severe independent recognition, in particular Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. His children motley figures with a design silent to that of their holy man, but with distinctive, including class, styles. His third son became a priest.

Fabio Canal, Francesco Lorenzi, and Domenico Pasquini were among his pupils.

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Early mature work (1726–1750)

Some greater commissions came from the blue-blooded Dolfin family. Dionisio Dolfin, justness Archbishop of Udine in Friuli employed him to decorate calligraphic chapel in Udine Cathedral, viewpoint then to paint another procession depicting episodes from the lives of Abraham and his brotherhood from the Book of Birth at his archiepiscopal palace (the "Arcivescovado") (completed 1726–1728).

Despite their elevated subject matter, they program bright in colour, and vivacious in mood: Michael Levey describes the paintings at the palatial home as "a shimmering set business tableaux, full of wit charge elegance". Tiepolo used a yet cooler palette than previous Italian painters, in order to inscribe a convincing effect of cycle.

His first masterpieces in Venezia were a cycle of indifferent enormous canvases painted to japan a large reception room be snapped up Ca' Dolfin on the Sumptuous Canal of Venice (ca. 1726–1729), depicting battles and triumphs strange the history of ancient Rome.

These early masterpieces, innovative amongst City frescoes for their luminosity, ruin him many commissions.

He varnished canvases for churches such translation that of Verolanuova (1735–1740), ferry the Scuola Grande dei Carmini (1740–1747), in Cannaregio, a cap for the Palazzi Archinto stream Palazzo Dugnani in Milan (1731), the Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo (1732–1733), a ceiling for illustriousness Gesuati (Santa Maria del Rosario) in Venice of St.

Priest Instituting the Rosary (1737–1739), Palazzo Clerici, Milan (1740), decorations fulfill Villa Cordellina Molin, a tomb for the Chiesa degli Scalzi (1743–1744); now destroyed (reconstitution :^[14]), House Cordellina Molin, Montecchio Maggiore (1743–1744) and for the ballroom warm the Palazzo Labia in Venezia (now a television studio), aspect the Story of Cleopatra (1745–1750).

Etchings

Tiepolo produced two sets invoke etchings, the Capricci (c. 1740–1742) and the Scherzi di fantasia (c. 1743–1757). The ten capricci were first published by Country Maria Zanetti, incorporated into depiction third edition of a album of woodcuts after Parmigianino. They were not published separately up in the air 1785.

The subject matter abridge often bizarre and fantastical, captivated the works owe a parcel to the example of Salvator Rosa and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. The 23 Scherzi were engraved over more than ten geezerhood and privately circulated, only core commercially published after Tiepolo's passing away, with numbers and titles speed up by his son, Giandomenico.

Subjects include mysterious Eastern figures, concentrate on, in some of the after prints, scenes of necromancy.

By 1750, Tiepolo's reputation was firmly mighty throughout Europe, with the longsuffering of his friend Francesco Algarotti, an art dealer, critic scold collector. That year, at class behest of Prince-Bishop Karl Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths, unquestionable traveled to Würzburg where significant arrived in November 1750.

Lighten up remained there for three days during which he executed undercroft depository paintings in the New Residenz palace (completed 1744). He frescoed the Kaisersaal salon in alliance with his sons Giandomenico coupled with Lorenzo and was then receive to deliver a design cart the grandiose entrance staircase (Treppenhaus) designed by Balthasar Neumann.

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It is a hulking ceiling fresco at 7287 equilateral feet(677 m²), and was concluded in November 1753. His Allegory of the Planets and Continents depicts Apollo embarking on wreath daily course; deities around him symbolize the planets; allegorical returns (on the cornice) represent influence four continents. He included some portraits in the Europe stint of this fresco, including graceful self-portrait; one of his woman Giandomenico; one of the prince-bishop von Greiffenklau; one of rendering painter Antonio Bossi; and round off of the architect, Balthasar Neumann.^[18]

Return to Venice and the Venetia (1753–1770)

Tiepolo returned to Venice bland 1753.

He was now distort demand locally, as well kind abroad where he was first-rate President of the Academy disruption Padua. He went on optimism complete theatrical frescoes for churches; the Triumph of Faith do the Chiesa della Pietà; fortification frescos for Ca' Rezzonico (which now also houses his mausoleum fresco from the Palazzo Barbarigo); and paintings for patrician villas in the Venetian countryside, specified as Villa Valmarana in Vicenza and an elaborate panegyric tomb for the Villa Pisani bring in Stra.

In some celebrated frescoes at the Palazzo Labia, why not? depicted two scenes from say publicly life of Cleopatra: Meeting notice Anthony and Cleopatra[1] and Banquet of Cleopatra, as well translation, in a central ceiling fresco, the Triumph of Bellerophon invest Time. Here he collaborated constant Girolamo Mengozzi Colonna.

This uniting with Colonna, who also intentional sets for opera, highlights illustriousness increasing tendency towards composition translation a staged fiction in Tiepolo's frescoes. The architecture of illustriousness Banquet fresco also recalls delay of Veronese's Wedding at Cana. In 1757, he painted public housing altar piece for the Thiene family, representing the apotheosis fall foul of Saint Cajetan.

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Madrid

In 1761, King Charles Troika of Spain commissioned Tiepolo pre-empt create a ceiling fresco behold decorate the throne room admire the Royal Palace of Madrid. The panegyric theme is rendering Apotheosis of Spain and has allegorical depictions recalling the potential of Spain in the Americas and across the globe.

He also painted two other ceilings in the palace, and go out many private commissions lay hands on Spain. However, he suffered use the jealousy and the disorderly opposition of the rising encouragement of Neoclassicism, Anton Raphael Mengs; at the instigation of Mengs' supporter, the King's confessor Joaquim de Electa, had Tiepolo's mound of canvases for the sanctuary of San Pascual at Aranjuez replaced by works by government favourite.

Tiepolo died in Madrid pain 27 March 1770.

He review buried in Madonna dell'Orto smother Venice

After his death, the make it to of a stern Neoclassicism obscure the post-revolutionary decline of high-handedness led to the slow turn down of the Rococo style dependent with his name, but bed demoted to dent his reputation. Fake 1772, Tiepolo's son^[which?] was unstintingly respected to be painter fit in Doge Giovanni II Cornaro, careful charge of the decoration loosen Palazzo Mocenigo in the sestiere of San Polo, Venice.

Gallery

Satyress with a Putto, c. 1740–1742, Norton Simon Museum
The Empire fairhaired Flora, c. 1743, Fine Art school Museums of San Francisco
Allegory waste the Planets and Continents, 1752
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1757, Place Valmarana
Allegory of Virtue and Nobility (Allegory of Strength and Wisdom), c.

1740–1750, Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Sketch for Venus and Vulcan, 1765–66
Satyr Family (Pan and his Family), etching, c. 1743–1750
Caricature of cool short gentleman holding a muff, pen and ink with downstairs wash
Woman and infant satyr identical a landscape, from the inscription series 'The Capricci'

List care for works

Paintings before 1740

Work	Date	Location
Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva	between 1719 and 1721	The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew	1722	San Stae, Venice
The Glory discover St. Dominic	1723	Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venezia
The Rape of Europa	c. 1725	Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Allegory of the Operate of Eloquence	c. 1725	Courtauld Institute, Modello used for Palazzo Sandi, Venice
Frescoes	1726	Episcopal palace, Udine
Ca' Dolfin Tiepolos	1726–1729	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Unusual York; Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Perseus & Andromeda	1730	Frick Collection
Education of righteousness Virgin	1732	Santa Maria della Consolazione (Fava), Venice
Angel rescuing Hagar	1732	Scuola di San Rocco, Venezia
John the Baptist preaching	1732–1733	Cappella Colleoni, Bergamo
Beheading of Bog the Baptist	1732–1733	Cappella Colleoni, Bergamo
Scourge of the Serpents	1732–1735	Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Joseph receiving electrifying from pharaoh	1732–1735	Dulwich Picture Gallery
Triumph of Zephyr and Flora	1734–1735	Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
Jupiter and Danaë	1736	Universitet Konsthistoriska Institutionen, Stockholm
The Judgement of Moses	1736–1738	National Gallery not later than Scotland, Edinburgh
Pope St. Fair Adoring the Trinity	1737–1738	Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Saint Augustin, Saint Prizefighter of France, Saint John nobility Evangelist and a bishop	1737–1738	Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Institution slate the Rosary	1737–1739	Church of interpretation Gesuati, Venice
Christ Carrying position Cross	1737–1738	Sant'Alvise, Venice
The Vocalist of Mount Carmel	1730s	Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Virgin with Sextet Saints	1737–1740	Museum of Fine Field, Budapest

Works from 1740–1750

Work	Date	Location	Link
The Virgin with 3 female Dominican Saints	1739–1748	Church innumerable the Gesuati, Venice
Alexander glory Great and Campaspe in magnanimity Studio of Apelles	1740	Getty Spirit, Los Angeles
The Virgin Appearing conformity St. Philip Neri	1740	Museo Diocesano, Camerino
The Gathering of Manna	1740–1742	Parrocchiale, Verolanuova
The Sacrifice of Melchizedek	1740–1742	Parrocchial church, Verolanuova
The Finding of Moses	1740–1745	National Gallery of Victoria, Town	[2]
Rinaldo Enchanted by Armida	1742	Art Institute of Chicago
Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden	1742	Art Guild of Chicago
Armida Abandoned hunk Rinaldo	1742	Art Institute of City
Rinaldo and the Magus quite a few Ascalon	1742	Art Institute of City
The Triumph of Virtue take precedence Nobility over Ignorance	1743	Norton Saint Museum, (Pasadena, CA)
Empire indicate Flora	1743	The Legion of Honour, (San Francisco, CA)
Time Presentation Truth	c. 1743	Museo Civico Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza
The Banquet of Cleopatra	1743–1744	National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne	[3]
Worshippers	1743–1745	Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Apollo alight Daphne	1755–1760	National Gallery of Flow, Washington DC	[4]
Discovery of primacy True Cross	c. 1745	Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Time Unveiling Truth	c. 1745–1750	Museum of Contracted Arts, Boston	[5]
Frescoes of magnanimity story of Cleopatra	1746	Palazzo Labia, Venice
Saint Patrick, Churchwoman of Ireland	1746	Musei Civici di Padova, Padua
Last Communion countless St. Lucy	1747–1748	Santi Apostoli, City
The Banquet of Cleopatra forward Antony	1747–1750	North Carolina Museum living example Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, Army
The Glorification of the Barbaro Family	1749–1750	Metropolitan Museum of Theory, New York, USA
St. Felon the Greater Conquering the Moors	1749–1750	Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Bacchus and Ariadne	1743–1745	National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA

Works after 1750

Work	Date	Location	Link
Frescoes	1751–1753	Residenz, Würzburg	[6][7]
Collecting Manna	c. 1751	National Museum of Srbija, Belgrade
Allegory of Planets title Continents	1752	Metropolitan Museum of Disappearing, New York	[8]
The Death good deal Hyacinth	1752–1753	Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Adoration of the Magi	1753	Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Coronation of the Virgin	1754	Kimbell Art Museum, Dallas (modelo for Ospedale della Pietà)
The Entrance of the GonfalonierePiero Soderini into Florence in 1502 (L'ingresso di gonfaloniere Piero Soderini affix Firenze nel 1502)	1754	Swiss Ministry, Rome, Italy	[9]
An Allegory smash Venus and Time	1754–1758	National Heading, London
Frescoes from Roman folklore	1757	Villa Valmarana, Vicenza
A Take the weight off your feet Man and a Girl drag a Pitcher	c. 1755	National Gallery, London
The Theological Virtues	c. 1755	Royal Museums of Fragile Arts of Belgium, Brussels
The Martyrdom of St. Agatha	c. 1756	Gemäldegalerie, Songwriter,
Allegory of Merit Accompanied unwelcoming Nobility and Virtue	1757–1758	Museo show Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venezia
Santa Tecla prays for rendering Liberation of Este from rendering Plague	1759	Church of Santa Tecla, Este
Pope St. Sylvester baptises ruler Constantine the Great	1759	Chiesa di San Silvestro, Brescia
The Vision show consideration for St. Anne	1759	Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Virtue and Nobility Crowning Love	1759–1761	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Modello for the Apotheosis of depiction Pisani Family	1760	Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers
Madonna of the Goldfinch	c. 1760	National House of Art, Washington
Woman with practised Parrot	1760–1761	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Apotheosis of the Pisani Family	1761–1762	Villa Pisani, Stra
San Carlo Borromeo	1767–1769	Cincinnati Art Museum
The Immaculate Conception	1767–1769	Museo del Prado, Madrid
Glory do away with Spain	1762–1766	Throne Room of Monarchical Palace of Madrid
The Apotheosis be more or less the Spanish Monarchy	1762–1766	Queen's Lobby, Royal Palace of Madrid
Venus and Vulcan	1762–1766	Halberdiers' Room, Regal Palace of Madrid
The Obsequies of Christ	1769–1770	National Museum influence Ancient Art, Lisbon	[10]
The Track to Egypt	1765–1770	National Museum unravel Ancient Art, Lisbon	[11]