Triumph of Fortitude and Wisdom

(Venice 1696-Madrid 1770)



Giambattista or Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter and considered the last great painter of the Baroque. He was the son of a merchant, who, upon his death, left his family in a difficult economic situation. Although he was a disciple of Gregorio Lazzarini, he owed his artistic training to the study of the works of Sebastiano Ricci, Piazzeta, and Veronese.



The canvases The Crossing of the Red Sea, Age and Death, and The Sacrifice of Isaac,...

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