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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Also known as: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; primary name: Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista; other name: Tiepolo, Giambattista
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; Venetian; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1696-1770
Biography: Painter and etcher. b. and worked Venice and north Italy. Between 1750-3 in Wurzburg; then in Venice; from 1762 until his death in Madrid. Produced two series of etchings: the 'Varii Capricci' of 10 horizontal plates (before 1743), and the 'Scherzi di Fantasia' of 23 (despite the titleplate talking of 24 plates) vertical plates, each numbered (begun in the1750s, completed c.1758)
Bibliography: de Vesme (35 nos) B.Aikema, 'Master Drawings' 36 1998, pp.251-74 on drawings for prints

323 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0109.4 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1753-1762

drawing

Museum number: 1915,0115.4 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1753-1762

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0116.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1754-1762

drawing

Museum number: 1915,0115.5 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1750

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3319 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1717

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1326 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1720-1730

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.915 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1735

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.859 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Giovanni Battista CrosatoFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1712-1756

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.1672 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1753-1762

drawing; forgery

Museum number: 1992,1003.177 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Manner/Style of:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1950-1992

drawing

Museum number: 1908,1119.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1760

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3320 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1717

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3317 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1717

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3318 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1717

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0109.5 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.101 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1711-1770

drawing

Museum number: 1929,0511.23 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Office/studio of:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1711-1770

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.17 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1757

drawing

Museum number: 1929,0511.24 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Office/studio of:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1757

drawing

Museum number: 1933,1121.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1711-1770

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.916 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1732-1733

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3316 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1717

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.73 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1754-1762

drawing

Museum number: 1903,1126.4 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1753-1762

drawing

Museum number: 1928,1110.27 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1760

drawing

Museum number: 1903,1126.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1757

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.50 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1754-1762

drawing

Museum number: 1928,1110.28 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1760

drawing

Museum number: 1935,0112.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1730-1740

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.89 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Lorenzo TiepoloFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1753

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0711.263 |
Producer name: After:Francesco de MuraFormerly attributed to:Francesco Fontebasso |
Production date: 1714-1782

drawing

Museum number: 1917,0512.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1733-1736

drawing

Museum number: 1903,1126.3 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1753-1762

drawing

Museum number: 1929,0511.25 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1757

print

Title: Raccolta di teste |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1877 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Raccolta di teste |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1870 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.167 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1730-1770

print

Title: L'Assunta d. Maria Vergine Il gran Teatro di Venezia |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea ZucchiIntermediary draughtsman:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1720 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book of prints

Title: Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici |
Museum number: 1938,0226.1.1-53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alessandro LonghiPublished by:Alessandro Longhi |
Production date: 1762 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.176 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1730-1770

print

Museum number: 1838,1215.368 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg Friedrich SchmidtAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1751

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1865,1014.349 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1919,1220.18 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1760

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.116 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Raccolta di teste |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1861 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print; title-page

Title: 18 landscapes after Ricci dedicated to Antonio Maria Zanetti |
Museum number: 1871,0812.3953 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuliano GiampiccoliPrint made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1730-1750

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.172 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1730-1770

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.124 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Raccolta di teste |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1871 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1865,1014.343 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1760

print

Museum number: 1919,1220.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Decolazione di S. Cristoforo Il gran Teatro di Venezia |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea ZucchiIntermediary draughtsman:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1720 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1919,1220.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1919,1220.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Vari Capricci |
Museum number: 1919,1220.5 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1750

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Museum number: 1919,1220.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1919,1220.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1919,1220.38 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1760

print

Museum number: 1838,1215.369 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg Friedrich SchmidtAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1751

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print; title-page

Title: 18 landscapes after Ricci dedicated to Joseph Smith |
Museum number: 1838,0526.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuliano GiampiccoliPrint made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1730-1750

print

Museum number: 1919,1220.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1919,1220.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1770

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.174 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1730-1770

print

Title: Vari Capricci |
Museum number: 1851,0308.1095 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1743

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.163 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1730-1770

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1919,1220.40 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1760

print

Title: Vari Capricci |
Museum number: 1919,1220.4 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1743

print

Title: Vari Capricci |
Museum number: 1851,0308.1096 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1743

print

Title: Vari Capricci |
Museum number: 1851,0308.1091 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1743

print; title-page

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1919,1220.15 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1760

print

Title: S. Francesco d'Assisi sul Monte d'Alvernina Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1865,0520.703 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro MonacoAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1763

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.155 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Vari Capricci |
Museum number: 1878,0511.1357 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1750

print

Title: Scherzi di Fantasia |
Museum number: 1919,1220.39 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1760

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.1452 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-NonAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1755-1778

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.129 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Vari Capricci |
Museum number: 1919,1220.13 |
Producer name: BIOG48527 Print made by:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1740-1750

print

Title: Studies of heads |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1771-1800

print

Title: Raccolta di teste |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1866 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Museum number: 1907,0515.84.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Raccolta di teste |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1862 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: The Four Evangelists |
Museum number: 1907,0515.84.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico TiepoloAfter:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
Production date: 1750-1780

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