Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico

or Giandomenico Tiepolo

born Aug. 30, 1727, Venice

died March 3, 1804, Venice

Italian painter and printmaker.

He was apprenticed to his father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, in Venice in the early 1740s and worked with him in Madrid from 1762 until the elder's death in 1770. His most notable early works are the chinoiserie decorations of the Villa Valmarana in Vicenza (1757). Back in Venice, he executed several frescoes and paintings of scenes from the commedia dell'arte. A talented genre painter and caricaturist, he was famous for his many engravings and etchings after his own and his father's designs.

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▪ Italian painter

also called  Giandomenico Tiepolo  

born Aug. 30, 1727, Venice

died March 3, 1804, Venice

      son of the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; he was a talented genre painter, especially of scenes from contemporary life and the popular theatre (as in the decorations of his villa at Zianigo, Italy, now in the Civico Museo Correr, Venice). Notable among his 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. He worked in Madrid from 1762 until his father died in 1770. Back in Venice, he executed several frescoes and easel paintings, especially scenes from the commedia dell'arte. He produced innumerable drawings for collectors, besides nearly 200 etchings after his own and his father's designs. His brother, Lorenzo Tiepolo (1736–76), seems to have specialized chiefly in genre scenes in pastel.

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