Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Painting, Visual Artist
1696 – 1770
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Who was Giovanni Battista Tiepolo?
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also known as Gianbattista or Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain.
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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- Born
- Mar 5, 1696
Venice - Also known as
- Giambattista Tiepolo
- Gianbattista Tiepolo
- Giovanni Tiepolo
- Gianbattista
- Parents
- Spouses
- Maria Cecilia Guardi
(1719 - 1770/03/27)
- Maria Cecilia Guardi
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Italian people
- Nationality
- Italy
- Republic of Venice
- Profession
- Lived in
- Venice
- Died
- Mar 27, 1770
Madrid
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on July 23, 2013
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