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The career of Giambattista Tiepolo, a Venetian painter whose practice extended from altarpiece painting to large decorative schemes, is documented in Venice’s painters’ guild from 1717. In 1722, he delivers the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew for the church of San Stae, then receives commissions in Udine for the cathedral and the Patriarchal Palace. From 1732, he works on the Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo; the programme is later expanded to include scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist. In the 1720s and 1730s, his style evolves from tenebrism towards lighter colours and a luminosity that the sources describe as solar.
In 1719, he marries Cecilia Guardi. In 1750, he leaves for Würzburg with his sons, where Prince-Bishop Carl Philipp von Greiffenklau entrusts them with decorating the salon and the ceiling of the grand staircase of his residence; Tiepolo returns to Venice at the end of 1753. In 1757, he paints frescoes at the Villa Valmarana of San Sebastiano, near Vicenza. At the request of Charles III, he travels to Madrid with his sons in 1761. There, between 1762 and 1766, he paints frescoes for the Royal Palace and produces seven canvases commissioned for the church of Aranjuez.
This profile brings together identity references for Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Kornfeld · Genève Enchères · Schuler · Piguet
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Pen and brown ink, wash, on laid paper
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Published result : 24000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 30000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pen and ink in bister, with brush wash over loose chalk preparatory drawing, on laid paper
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Published result : 28000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 20000
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Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Published result : 16000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 20000
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Pen and brown ink
Die Jungfrau mit Kind und zwei Heiligen
Feder und Tusche in Braun
Catalogue period : 2020-06-24
Published result : 36462 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 30000–40000
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Oil on canvas
Kopie Römische Matronen bringen der Juno Opfergaben dar
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2024-03-20
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2600–4000
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Oil on canvas
Kopie Tarquinius und Lucretia
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2023-12-15
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 5000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–8000
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Oil on canvas
Kopie Römische Matronen bringen der Juno Opfergaben dar
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2023-12-15
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 5000–8000
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Oil on canvas
Kopie des 18
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2016-09-12
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 600–800
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Oil on canvas
Kopie des 18
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2016-06-17
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Ink wash on paper
Suiveur de Giovanni Battista Tiepolo — Vieil homme assis près d'un arbre
lavis d'encre sur papier
Suiveur de
Catalogue period : 2015-12-09
Follower of
Published result : 350 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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lavis, sépia et encre à la plume sur papier
Catalogue period : 2021-06-09
atelier de
Published result : 24000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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