Where can you see Giambattista Tiepolo in Venice?

At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: The Rape of Europa and Diana and Callisto. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Giambattista Tiepolo's most famous work in Venice?

The Rape of Europa, of about 1725, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. Europa on the white bull that is Jupiter, among her attendants, an early mythology in warm colour.

When and where was Giambattista Tiepolo born?

On 5 March 1696, at Venice, Republic of Venice. Giambattista Tiepolo died on 27 March 1770, at Madrid, Spain, aged about 74.

What is Giambattista Tiepolo known for?

Painted the ceiling of the Pietà, where Vivaldi had taught. Decorated the Residenz at Würzburg. Died in Madrid, painting for the king of Spain. Giambattista Tiepolo was a Venetian painter, of Rococo.

Painter, 1696 to 1770

Giambattista Tiepolo

Tiepolo filled ceilings with sky. His frescoes, pale, airy and full of light, cover the palaces and churches of Venice and of half of Europe, from the Residenz of Würzburg to the Royal Palace in Madrid, where he died.

Born: 1696, Venice, Republic of Venice
Died: 1770, Madrid, Spain
Movement: Rococo
In Venice: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Giambattista Tiepolo in Venice

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Gallerie dell'Accademia2 works

The Rape of Europa
about 1725
Europa on the white bull that is Jupiter, among her attendants, an early mythology in warm colour.
Diana and Callisto
about 1720 to 1722
The goddess and her nymphs in a wood, from his early years in Venice.

The life of Giambattista Tiepolo

Tiepolo trained in Venice and was its leading painter by his thirties, decorating churches and palaces with frescoes and great canvases. In the 1750s he painted the staircase and hall of the Residenz at Würzburg, and in 1762 Charles III called him to Madrid.

He worked with his sons Giandomenico and Lorenzo, and died in Madrid in 1770. In Venice his ceilings are in the Pietà, the Ca' Rezzonico and the Scuola dei Carmini, and his canvases in the Accademia.

What to know

Painted the ceiling of the Pietà, where Vivaldi had taught
Decorated the Residenz at Würzburg
Died in Madrid, painting for the king of Spain

Born: 5 March 1696, Venice, Republic of Venice
Died: 27 March 1770, Madrid, Spain

Giambattista Tiepolo: common questions

Where can you see Giambattista Tiepolo in Venice?: At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: The Rape of Europa and Diana and Callisto. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Giambattista Tiepolo's most famous work in Venice?: The Rape of Europa, of about 1725, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. Europa on the white bull that is Jupiter, among her attendants, an early mythology in warm colour.
When and where was Giambattista Tiepolo born?: On 5 March 1696, at Venice, Republic of Venice. Giambattista Tiepolo died on 27 March 1770, at Madrid, Spain, aged about 74.
What is Giambattista Tiepolo known for?: Painted the ceiling of the Pietà, where Vivaldi had taught. Decorated the Residenz at Würzburg. Died in Madrid, painting for the king of Spain. Giambattista Tiepolo was a Venetian painter, of Rococo.