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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, printmaker
Italian, 1727 - 1804
Venice Receiving the Homage of Neptune, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's painting for the Ducal Palace in Venice, 18th - 19th century
Etching
18.8 x 34.4 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.299
after, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Artist Credit: all
Artist Biography: Painter and etcher, son of Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Worked in Venice, W¸rzburg, Udina, and Madrid. Master and President of the Venetian Academy in his life time. A talented genre painter, especially of scenes from contemporary life and popular theatre. Notable among early~works are the paintings of the Stations of the Cross for S. Polo, Venice (1747-49), and the chinoiserie decorations of the guest wing of the Villa Valmarana (1757) in Vicenza. Worked in Madrid from 1762 until his father died in 1770. Returned to Venice, executed several frescoes and easel paintings, and especially scenes from the commedia dell'arte. Produced innumerable drawings for collectors, and nearly 200 etchings after his and his father's designs. Brother, Lorenzo Tiepolo (1736-76), specialized in genre scenes in pastel. ~~Reference: Rizzi, Aldo. The Etchings of the Tiepolos. London: Phaidon Press, 1971.~De Vesme, Baudi. Le Peintre-Graveur Italien. Milan, 1906~
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