Giambattista Pittoni

(1687 -- 1767) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in his native Venice. Pittoni is best known for his "grand-manner" canvases depicting religious, historical, and mythological subjects (such as Sophonisba and Polyxena). He was a co-founder of the official painter's academy in Venice (in competition to the old fraglia or painter's guild), the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, and he succeeded as President (1758?C1761) his contemporary Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Pittoni never left his native Venice, but completed commissions from German, Polish, Russian, and Austrian patrons. His mature palette was noted, as was Tiepolo's, for his lightness of tone. Besides Tiepolo, Pittoni's influences were Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Sebastiano Ricci, and Antonio Balestra. His paintings were of a Rococo style, but later became more sedate in their approach towards Neoclassicism.
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Giambattista Pittoni St Elizabeth Distributing Alms oil painting


St Elizabeth Distributing Alms
Måleriet identifieringen::  68577
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St Elizabeth Distributing Alms
1734 Oil on canvas 72 x 43 cm
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Giambattista Pittoni St Elizabeth Distributing Alms oil painting


St Elizabeth Distributing Alms
Måleriet identifieringen::  68778
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St Elizabeth Distributing Alms
1734 oil on canvas 72 x 43 cm
1734 _oil_on_canvas _72_x_43_cm
   
   
     

Giambattista Pittoni Eliezer and Rebecca oil painting


Eliezer and Rebecca
Måleriet identifieringen::  71903
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Eliezer and Rebecca
18th century Oil on canvas 168 x 130 cm (66.14 x 51.18 in)
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Giambattista Pittoni Eliezer and Rebecca oil painting


Eliezer and Rebecca
Måleriet identifieringen::  73180
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Eliezer and Rebecca
Date 18th century Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 168 X 130 cm (66.14 X 51.18 in) cyf
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Giambattista Pittoni Saint Roch oil painting


Saint Roch
Måleriet identifieringen::  74791
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Saint Roch
1727 Oil on canvas 42 x 32 cm cjr
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     Giambattista Pittoni
     (1687 -- 1767) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in his native Venice. Pittoni is best known for his "grand-manner" canvases depicting religious, historical, and mythological subjects (such as Sophonisba and Polyxena). He was a co-founder of the official painter's academy in Venice (in competition to the old fraglia or painter's guild), the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, and he succeeded as President (1758?C1761) his contemporary Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Pittoni never left his native Venice, but completed commissions from German, Polish, Russian, and Austrian patrons. His mature palette was noted, as was Tiepolo's, for his lightness of tone. Besides Tiepolo, Pittoni's influences were Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Sebastiano Ricci, and Antonio Balestra. His paintings were of a Rococo style, but later became more sedate in their approach towards Neoclassicism.

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