Giovanni Battista Tiepolo/ A Talk of Allegory with Venus and Time

Letizia Treves is from the National Gallery, London. She is James and Sarah Sassoon Curator of Later 17th-Century Paintings. She took 10 minutes to talk about Tiepolo's painting ‘Allegory with Venus and Time’ in this video. Letizia mentioned the painting has an unusual shape. She talked in detail about the characters of the painting. She also discussed the painting’s journey before it was sold to the National Gallery.

The artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was born in 1696 and died in 1770. He was a brilliant and tirelessly productive Venetian painter. His scope of work was vast, and he traveled extensively throughout Europe. He created murals, genre scenes, and historical and religious works. He was also a skilled draughtsman and etcher. His paintings are renowned for their lightness of touch, airiness, and gorgeous blue skies. He was well-known throughout Europe for his great decorative schemes. He had a busy workshop, and his less talented sons Domenico and Lorenzo often assisted him with his large murals.



Chapters
00:12 Jambatti Statiepolo
02:24 ‘Allegory with Venus and Time’
03:40 Bearded Winged Old Man
06:56 Small-Scale Sketches
10:32 Learn More about Art History

@The National Gallery