Saint Roch Carried to Heaven by Angels
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
c. 1735/1745
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 41.4 x 33.8 cm (16 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.) framed: 60.9 x 53 x 7.9 cm (24 x 20 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Howard Sturges
Accession Number
1956.9.16
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...