Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

, Also called Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Giambattista Piazzetta and Giambattista Piazzetta Valentino, (* February 13, 1682 in Venice, † April 28, 1754 ) was an Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque and Rococo.

He is considered one of the most respected Venetian artists of the 18th century, particularly his genre paintings were trend-setting for the Venetian painting settecento. Typical works by the artist were colorful, religious and mystical motifs and genre scenes.

Apprenticeship

First teacher of young Piazzetta was his father Giacomo Piazzetta, a wood carver and sculptor in Venice. With 21 years to 1703, Piazzetta traveled to Bologna. Here he studied under Giuseppe Maria Crespi and ultimately came into his workshop. In addition to his teachers Crespi and Antonio Molinari teaching Piazzettas years were characterized by studying the works of Caravaggio and Guercino. 1711 returned to Venice Piazzetta.

Settecento

Piazzetta is the preeminent representative of the Venetian settecento, the painting of the 18th century. Other important artists of this era such as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Francesco Guardi were driven largely by the work of Piazzetta.

Works

  • St. James led to Martyrdom, 1717
  • Shepherd Boy, 1720
  • Portrait of Giulia Lama, 1728
  • The Fortune Teller, 1740
  • The Sacrifice of Isaac, and after 1735
  • The shepherd, 1739-1741
  • The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
  • The Abduction of Helen
  • The revelation
  • A young flag bearers
  • Assumption of the Virgin, 1735
  • Holofernes
  • The Sleeping Shepherd
  • The twelve- year-old Jesus in the Temple
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