Scene from Ancient History
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
c. 1750
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall (oval): 140.3 x 109.3 cm (55 1/4 x 43 1/16 in.) framed: 165.7 x 134.6 cm (65 1/4 x 53 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1939.1.365
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...