Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Self-portrait (1750–1753), from the ceiling fresco in the Würzburg Residence
Born	(1696-03-05)5 March 1696 Venice, Venetian Republic
Died	27 March 1770(1770-03-27) (aged 74) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Italian
Other names	Gianbattista Tiepolo, Giambattista Tiepolo
Known for	Painting
Movement	Rococo
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (/tiˈɛpəloʊ/ tee-EP-ə-loh, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈtjɛːpolo, ˈtjeː-];^[1] 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain.

Giovan Battista Tiepolo, together with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Francesco Guardi are considered the traditional Old Masters of that period.

Successful from the beginning of his career, he has been described by Michael Levey as "the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, as well as its most able craftsman."^[2]