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Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770

Christiansen, Keith, ed., with essays by Adriano Mariuz, Giandomenico Romanelli, Donald Posner, Andrea Bayer, Filippo Pedrocco, William L. Barcham, Catherine Whistler, Diane De Grazia, and Keith Christiansen

This title is out of print.

Organizing Committee and Consultative Committee
Lenders to the Exhibition

Foreword
Philippe de Montebello, Giovanna Nepi Scire, Giandomenico Romanelli

Preface and Acknowledgments
Keith Christiansen

Notes to the Reader and Key to Authors of Entries

The Art of Tiepolo

Giambattista Tiepolo: "Painting's True Magician"
Adriano Mariuz

Giambattista Tiepolo: A Meditation on History, Time, and Death
Giandomenico Romanelli

Tiepolo and the Artistic Culture of Eighteenth-Century Europe
Donald Posner

A Documented Chronology of Tiepolo's Life and Work
Andrea Bayer

Catalogue

The Early Years: 1716–1730
Becoming Tiepolo
Filippo Pedrocco
Catalogue Nos. 1–12

Secular Commissions
Tiepolo as a Painter of History and Mythology and as a Decorator
William L. Barcham
Catalogue Nos. 13–26

Religious Commissions
Tiepolo as a Religious Artist
Catherine Whistler
Catalogue Nos. 27–41

Portraits and Fantasy Heads
Tiepolo and the "Art" of Portraiture
Diane De Grazia
Catalogue Nos. 42–46

Modelli, Capricci, and Prints
The Fiery Poetic Fantasy of Giambattista Tiepolo
Keith Christiansen
Catalogue Nos. 47–60

Bibliography
Index
Photograph Credits

The Triumph of Marius, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Oil on canvas — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1729

The Capture of Carthage, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Oil on canvas — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1725–29

The Battle of Vercellae, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Oil on canvas — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1725–29

The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Oil on canvas — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
ca. 1750

Mars and Venus United by Love, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) Italian, Oil on canvas — Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)
1570s

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

ca. 1755

Old Man with Divided Fur Cap, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch, Etching with some drypoint; first state — Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1640

Centaur Carrying Off a Nymph, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Italian, Pen and brown ink, light brown and gray-brown wash — Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
mid-18th–late 18th century

Scherzo di Fantasia: Two Standing Orientals and a Standing Youth with a Sword
, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Pen and dark brown ink, brush with pale and dark brown wash, over traces of black chalk — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696–1770

Christ Preaching, called La Petite Tombe, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) Dutch, Etching, engraving, and drypoint; first of two states — Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
ca. 1657

Collection of 146 plates of Costume, Jean Berain French, Etching and engraving — Multiple artists/makers
1683–95

Head of a Man in Profile to the Left, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over graphite

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

ca. 1740–45

Seated River God, Nymph with an Oar, and Putto, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush with pale (yellow) and dark brown wash, over black chalk — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1696–1770

One of the Hours Holding the Bridle of a Horse of the Sun, and Other Figures, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Pen and brown ink, brown wash — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
ca. 1750–53

Allegory of the Planets and Continents, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Oil on canvas — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1752

Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Oil on canvas — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1758–59

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, Oil on canvas — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1760s

Diogenes in search of an honest man, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian, Etching — Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
ca. 1645–47

Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista, and Keith Christiansen. 1996. Giambattista Tiepolo, 1696-1770. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.