Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Gpiazzetta, Assumption of Mary (1735), Louvre
GBPiazzetta, The Fortune Teller , 1740

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta , also called Giambattista Piazzetta and Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta , (born February 13, 1682 in Venice , † April 28, 1754 ibid) 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 , especially his genre scenes , as well as religious and mystical motifs were trend-setting for the Venetian painting of the Settecento. Typical of the artist is his strong chiaroscuro ( chiaroscuro ( chiaroscuro ), which is reminiscent of the Caravaggists of the early 17th century, but was unusual for its time.

Years of apprenticeship

The young Piazzetta's first teacher was his father Giacomo Piazzetta, a wood carver and sculptor in Venice. At the age of 21, around 1703, Piazzetta traveled to Bologna . Here he learned from Giuseppe Maria Crespi and finally entered his workshop. In addition to his teachers Crespi and Antonio Molinari , Piazzetta's apprenticeship years were characterized by studying the works of Caravaggio and Guercino . In 1711, Piazzetta returned to Venice.

Settecento

Piazzetta is considered to be the most important representative of the Venetian Settecento, painting of the 18th century . Other important artists of this era such as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Francesco Guardi were significantly influenced by Piazzetta's work, albeit without adopting his tenebrism .

Works (selection)

  • Saint James is led to torture, 1717
  • Shepherd boy, 1720
  • Portrait of the Giulia Lama, 1728
  • The fortune teller, (also shepherd scene ), 1740
  • The Sacrifice of Isaac, after 1735
  • The Shepherd, 1739–1741
  • The sacrifice of Iphigenia
  • The abduction of Helen
  • The revelation
  • A young standard bearer
  • Assumption of Mary, 1735
  • Holofernes
  • The sleeping shepherd
  • The twelve year old Jesus in the temple
  • Adoration of the Shepherds , 1745

literature

  • Rodolfo Pallucchini, L'Arte di Giovanni Battista Piazzetta , Giuseppe Maylender Verlag, Bologna 1934

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Giovanni Battista Piazzetta in the Encyclopædia Britannica

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giambattista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1682
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1754
Place of death Venice