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- The decoration was commissioned by Dionisio Dolfin, the patriarch of the town of Aquileia, and Tiepolo probably began work with the ceiling above the main staircase, depicting the Fall of the Rebelling Angels in vigorous, dramatic forms; in the gallery, within the Baroque perspective framings of Mengozzi Colonna, his faithful collaborator, he narrated biblical episodes of varying complexity, in bright colour and with bold brush play.
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Mar 5, 2023 · This is the largest ceiling fresco in the world, decorating the vaulting of the grand staircase of the palace, leading from the ground floor to the first floor. It measures 190 x 30.5 meters! Giambattista Tiepolo, Apollo and the Four Continents , 1750-53, Würzburger Residenz, Würzburg, Germany.
Apr 11, 2024 · Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (born March 5, 1696, Venice [Italy]—died March 27, 1770, Madrid, Spain) was a great Italian painter of the 18th century. His luminous, poetic frescoes, while extending the tradition of Baroque ceiling decoration, epitomize the lightness and elegance of the Rococo period.
- Rodolfo Pallucchini
At 66 years of age, Tiepolo was approaching the end of his life but he proved with his ceiling frescos that, even despite some serious architectural shortcomings, he was still able to produce work of an exceptionally fine quality.
- Venetian
- March 5, 1696
- Venice
- March 27, 1770
The ceiling above the grand staircase of the Residenz contains an allegorical depiction of Apollo presiding over the planets and continents. At each edge of the curved ceiling, just above each wall, are symbolic representations of Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian. ca. 1750. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 642. Once part of a ceiling decoration at Venice’s Palazzo Barbaro, this painting was never intended to be seen head-on or at such close range.
'Giovanni Battista Tiepolo also provided smaller decorative panels and a ceiling painting for what must have been a sparkling, light-filled room.'
On April 20, 1752, Tiepolo presented this preliminary sketch to Carl Philipp von Greiffenklau, prince‑bishop of Würzburg, in present-day Germany, as his proposal for the decoration of the staircase ceiling at the ruler’s residence.
