Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Realistic Venetian scenes with movement
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo was an Italian painter and printmaker in etching. He was the son of artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and elder brother of Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo. Domenico was born in Venice, studied under his father, and by the age of 13 was the chief assistant to him. He was one of the many assistants, including Lorenzo, who transferred the designs of his father (executed in the ’oil sketch’ invented by the same). By the age of 20, he was producing his own work for commissioners. He assisted his father in Würzburg 1751-3, decorating the famous stairwell fresco, in Vicenza at the Villa Valmarana in 1757, and in Madrid at the palace of Charles III from 1762-70. His painting style developed after the death of his father in 1770, at which time he returned to Venice, and worked there as well as in Genoa and Padua. His painting, though keeping the decorative influence of his father, moved from its spatial fancy and began to take a more realistic depiction. His portraits and scenes of life in Venice are characterised by movement, colour, and deliberate composition.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Master
- Johann Dominik Bossi Student
Parent child
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Parent
Siblings
- Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo Younger
Artworks by this artist (207 total)
- Turkeys in a Venetian Farmyard, the third drawing in Tiepolo’s series of 59 scenes of contemporary life. ca. 1791
- The Baptism of Christ (with Christ Standing at Left Center, His Back Turned, and a Youth Stripping in the Right Foreground) ca. 1770-90
- Elephant in a Landscape 1727-1804
- Allegorical Figure Representing Asia
- Leda 1747-1804
- The Burial of Punchinello ca. 1800
- The Holy Family, Disembarking 1750-1753
- The Assumption of the Virgin 1727-1804
- A Lion, Lying Toward the Right (on a Base) mid-18th-early 19th century
- Centaur Embracing a Satyress 1727-1804
- The Baptism of Christ (with Three Angels Attending Him) ca. 1770-90
- The Flight, Holy Family at the Right, Joseph Looking to the Left 1750-1753
- Three Women Presenting Gifts of Marc Anthony to Cleopatra c. 1750
- Dedication with Winged Figure of Fame bearing the Arms of the Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg 1750-1753
- Figures and Faces c. 1750
- Madonna and Child with Three Saints
- Punchinello as Tailor’s Assistant late 18th-early 19th century
- Sketch for a Ceiling with an Allegory of Fortitude and Wisdom 1780-85
- A Saint Preaching, and the Head of an Oriental ca. 1759
- Satyr Leading a Centaur, Who Carries a Club, Bow and Quiver, Outside the Walls of a City ca. 1771-91