# Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Italian, 1696–1770; born in Venice; died in Madrid

Tiepolo was the leading decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, covering ceilings and walls with airy skies, foreshortened figures and luminous colour. After establishing himself in Venice, he worked with his sons Giandomenico and Lorenzo on the frescoes of the Residenz at Würzburg in 1750–53, and in 1762 he went to Madrid to decorate the Royal Palace for Charles III, remaining there until his death. Rinaldo and Armida, the lovers of Tasso’s epic Jerusalem Delivered, were subjects he painted more than once.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

10 works in the collection.

- [Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/rinaldo-and-armida-in-her-garden-aic-16485), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/armida-encounters-the-sleeping-rinaldo-aic-16488), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Sketch for a Ceiling](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketch-for-a-ceiling-cma-97141), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-the-martyrdom-of-saint-sebastian-for-the-augustini-cma-124796), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1739. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Triumph of Marius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-triumph-of-marius-met-437788), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1729. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Allegory of the Planets and Continents](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/allegory-of-the-planets-and-continents-met-437790), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1752. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Glorification of the Barbaro Family](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-glorification-of-the-barbaro-family-met-437798), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1750. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Wealth and Benefits of the Spanish Monarchy under Charles III](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wealth-and-benefits-of-the-spanish-monarchy-under-charles-ii-nga-12137), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1762. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Three Angels Appearing to Abraham](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/three-angels-appearing-to-abraham-aic-33084), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Holy Family with St. John and Two Angels](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/holy-family-with-st-john-and-two-angels-aic-262599), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.