Madonna of the Goldfinch
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
c. 1767/1770
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 63.1 x 50.3 cm (24 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.) framed: 86.4 x 73 x 8.9 cm (34 x 28 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1943.4.40
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1696–1770
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) stands as the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, a Venetian master whose luminous frescoes and dynamic compositions defined the Rococo era's aesthetic zenith. Born in Venice on March 5, 1696, to a modest shipping merchant family, Tiepolo's extraordinary talent transcended his humble origins to establish him as the most sought-after artis...