Frescoes in the family villa at Zianigo (1759-97)
by Giovanni Domenico TIEPOLO

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo decorated with frescoes the family villa at Zianigo which his father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo had bought on his return from the task of decorating the Prince-Bishop's palace in Würzburg and which he had restored and altered to his own needs. The frescoes were painted over a fairly long period of time: between 1759 - the date shown on one of the monochrome scenes from the chapel - and 1797 - according to a now lost inscription read at the beginning of the twentieth century in a mural scene in the Pulcinella Room. Almost all the frescoes in the small Zianigo villa were detached in 1906 and in 1936 they were moved to the Ca' Rezzonico and placed in small rooms, in a recomposition that closely repeats the original one, though with some differences and overlapping.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 10 minutes):
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor RV 315 op. 8. No. 2 (Summer)

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
View of the Pulcinella Room
1759-97
Fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1200*1007
True Color
190 Kb



View of the Pulcinella Room
1759-97
Fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1000*1376
True Color
174 Kb



View of the Pulcinella Room
1759-97
Fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

900*1384
True Color
182 Kb



Mondo Novo
1791
Detached fresco, 205 x 525 cm
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1601*600
True Color
166 Kb



Mondo Novo (detail)
1791
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1128*900
True Color
176 Kb



Mondo Novo (detail)
1791
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1165*900
True Color
184 Kb



The Swing of Pulcinella
1791-93
Detached fresco, 200 x 170 cm
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1069*1300
True Color
197 Kb



The Swing of Pulcinella
1791-93
Detached fresco, 200 x 170 cm
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1007*1200
True Color
203 Kb



Pulcinella in Love
1797
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1000*1315
True Color
222 Kb



Pulcinella's Departure
1793-97
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1000*1326
True Color
208 Kb



Pulcinella and the Tumblers
1793-97
Detached fresco, 196 x 160 cm
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1054*1300
True Color
203 Kb



Pulcinella and the Tumblers (detail)
1793-97
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1000*1208
True Color
196 Kb



Minuet in Villa
c. 1791
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1000*1338
True Color
208 Kb



Pulcinellas Sending Away a Young Girl
1759-97
Fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

900*975
True Color
105 Kb



Pulcinellas' Stroll
1759-97
Fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

900*971
True Color
105 Kb



Cavalcade of the Pulcinellas
1759-97
Fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1896*600
True Color
237 Kb



Minuet in Villa
c. 1791
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

850*1133
True Color
181 Kb



The Promenade
1791
Detached fresco, 200 x 170 cm
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1000*1350
True Color
208 Kb



The Promenade
1791
Detached fresco, 200 x 170 cm
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

820*1140
True Color
166 Kb



Falcon Pursuing a Flock of Finches
1793-97
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1000*1345
True Color
147 Kb



Ceiling tondo
1791
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1008*1000
True Color
127 Kb



Virgin and Child with Saints
c. 1759
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1257*1200
True Color
208 Kb



Rinaldo Leaving the Garden of Armida
c. 1770
Detached fresco
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

1000*1095
True Color
189 Kb




Paintings by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Various paintings | Frescoes at Zianigo
Frescoes in the Villa Valmarana ai Nani