The Glorification of the Giustiniani Family
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46 x 32 1/2 in. (116.8 x 82.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Accession Number
13.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo's *The Glorification of theustiniani Family* (3) is a vibrant oil-on-canvas masterpiece from the Venetian Rococo tradition, measuring 46 x 32½ inches. Painted late in the artist's career—son of the illustrious Giambattista Tolo— it depicts members of the noble Giustiniani family elevated in a triumphant, heavenly tableau. Surrounded by playful putti (cherubic figures), the sea god Neptune, and swirling skies, the composition celebrates the family's prestige through mythological grandeur, blending portraiture with allegory. Tiepolo's fluid brushwork and luminous color...
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · 1727–1804
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) was a Venetian painter, printmaker, and draftsman whose career spanned the twilight of the Rococo era. Born on August 30, 1727, in Venice as the eldest son of the celebrated Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, he worked both in his father's shadow and as a significant independent artist who developed a distinctly earthbound and humanistic vision. Domenico's importance...