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Giovanni Battista Pittoni

Artist

WA-00080284

PaintingBaroqueRococo

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None documented

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60%

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Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
LocationWikidata· 80%

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About

Why this artist matters now

Giambattista Pittoni or Giovanni Battista Pittoni was a Venetian painter of the late Baroque or Rococo period. He was among the founders of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, of which in 1758 he became the second president, succeeding Tiepolo.

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Movement

Baroque

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Painting

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National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (4)

Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony of Padua

1707 · Brush and brown ink and wash, over traces of red and black chalk, on ivory laid paper

29.2 × 18.7 cm (11 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Gilbert Visits the Sick

1707 · Brush and red-brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on tan laid paper

40.2 × 30.4 cm (15 7/8 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Family of Darius before Alexander

1707 · Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on brown laid paper, tipped onto ivory laid paper

12.5 × 14.8 cm (4 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Epitaph of Charles Sackville

1707 · Brush and red brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over traces of black chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

40.1 × 28.8 cm (15 13/16 × 11 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (2)

4 published of 6 catalogued · 4 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Movements2

Baroque Rococo

Collections1

National Gallery of Art

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National Gallery of Art

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