Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696 – 1770
Giovanni Baptista (Giambattista) Tiepolo, Italian painter, part of a Venetian family of painters, draughtsmen and etchers. The greatest member of the family was Giambattista Tiepolo, the sixth and last child of Domenico Tiepolo, a merchant, and Orsetta, whose maiden name is not known. He was baptized Giovanni Battista after his godfather, Giovanni Battista Dorià, a Venetian nobleman, on 16 April 1696 in S Pietro di Castello, the family's local church and at that time the cathedral of Venice.
249 artworks in collection
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Works
17191767
17191767
Museum
Phaethon Asking His Father to Let Him Drive the Chariot of Sun (detail)
Villa Baglioni, Massanzago1719
Time Revealing Truth and Casting Out Envy (detail)
Villa Loschi Zileri dal Verme, Biron di Monteviale1734
Time Revealing Truth and Casting Out Envy (detail)
Villa Loschi Zileri dal Verme, Biron di Monteviale1734
