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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · ca. 1743–50
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: 1696–1770
Other names (58)
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Biography
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( tee-EP-ə-loh, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈtjɛːpolo, ˈtjeː-]; 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain.
Giovan Battista Tiepolo, together with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Francesco Guardi are considered the traditional Old Masters of that period.
Successful from the beginning of his career, he has been described by Michael Levey as "the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, as well as its most able craftsman".
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Influenced by
- Giovanni Battista Piazzettaeditorial inference
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- Rembrandt van Rijneditorial inference
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- Paolo Veroneseeditorial inference
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- Lazzarini Gregorioeditorial inference
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- Tintorettoeditorial inference
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Later influence
- Mosè Bianchieditorial inference
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- Pietro Gonzagaeditorial inference
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The biography identifies Giovanni Battista Tiepolo as an artistic influence on Pietro Gonzaga. The biography identifies Piranesi as Gonzaga's strongest influence among the listed artists. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art192 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago38 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art34 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art16 recorded works
- Museo Nacional del Prado9 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)8 recorded works
- Musée du Louvre5 recorded works
- Civiche Raccolte Grafiche e Fotografiche del Castello Sforzesco4 recorded works
- Rijksmuseum4 recorded works
- Accademia Carrara3 recorded works
- National Gallery3 recorded works
- Raccolte Artistiche del Castello Sforzesco2 recorded works
- Walters Art Museum2 recorded works
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna1 recorded work
- Detroit Institute of Arts1 recorded work
- Finnish National Gallery1 recorded work
- Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia1 recorded work
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon1 recorded work
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza1 recorded work
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts1 recorded work
- Scottish National Gallery1 recorded work
- Sinebrychoff Art Museum1 recorded work
- Sistema Museale Montichiari Musei1 recorded work
- The Courtauld Gallery1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Austrian museum collections: independent authority research
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Louvre painter identity and WikiArt profile links
