Two Allegorical Figures
Artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
(Italian, 1696 - 1770)
Date1760
MediumFresco transferred to canvas
Dimensions148 x 75 in. (375.9 x 190.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1951
Object numberSN652
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was the most distinguished artist in 18th-century Europe, and his grand, decorative style epitomizes the Venetian aesthetic of the period. This impressive painting was once a wall fresco decorating a palazzo in Vicenza, and was later detached and transferred to canvas. Painted to appear as bronze sculptures placed against a gray marble backdrop, the human figures, lion, cornucopia, and obelisk create a grouping that symbolizes triumph, glory, and eternity. In its original setting, this work would have been located high on a wall, probably above a doorway or fireplace.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 18, Wall North
Sienese
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