In 1757, Tiepolo and his son Giandomenico were invited to Vicenza to fresco rooms in the modestly scaled Palazzina in the Villa Valmarana ai Nani and in the adjoining guest quarters, the so-called 'foresteria'. Their patron was Count Giustino Valmarana (1688-1757), a scholar and theater enthusiast. The villa takes the name "ai nani" ("of the dwarfs") from the travertine figures set up in the garden, which portrays in the fashion of the time the different social classes in the form of grotesquely deformed dwarfs.

Tiepolo frescoed the vestibule (portego) and four ground-floor rooms of the villa (the Palazzina), while his son executed the decoration in the adjacent guest house (the Foresteria). In addition to the frescoes in the Foresteria, Giovanni Domenico also painted figural elements in the Palazzina, in part after his father's design, in part on his own. As for the large-figure scenes, there was apparently no strict division of labour between the Palazzina and the Foresteria. The elder Tiepolo painted one room in the Foresteria, and his son was drafted to paint specific figures in the Palazzina. Despite his considerable share in the painting and its originality, Giandomenico remained in his fathers's shadow.

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	Mondo Novo 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1330*900 True Color 199 Kb
	Mondo Novo 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1332*858 True Color 214 Kb
	Charlatan 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1334*900 True Color 210 Kb
	Charlatan 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1300*858 True Color 234 Kb
	Painted staircase 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1073*1300 True Color 221 Kb
	Painted staircase (detail) 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1000*1203 True Color 226 Kb
	View of the Gothic Pavilion 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1464*1000 True Color 216 Kb
	Winter Stroll 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1000*1205 True Color 211 Kb
	Winter Stroll 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1072*1300 True Color 228 Kb
	Summer Stroll 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1100*1406 True Color 236 Kb
	Summer Stroll 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	801*1075 True Color 165 Kb
	Summer Stroll (detail) 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	936*1300 True Color 233 Kb
	The Declaration of Love 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1026*1300 True Color 187 Kb
	Peasant Woman with a Basket of Eggs 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1016*1300 True Color 181 Kb
	Peasant Woman with a Basket of Eggs 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	900*1284 True Color 186 Kb
	Peasants at Rest 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	950*1135 True Color 231 Kb
	Peasants at Rest 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1070*1300 True Color 247 Kb
	Family Meal 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	950*1136 True Color 239 Kb
	Family Meal 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1049*1300 True Color 244 Kb
	Family Meal (detail) 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	900*1136 True Color 206 Kb
	Two Peasant Women on the Way to Market 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	805*1300 True Color 197 Kb
	Two Peasant Women on the Way to Market 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	734*1400 True Color 151 Kb
	View of the Camera Cinese 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1100*818 True Color 152 Kb
	Offering of Fruits to Moon Goddess 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	948*1200 True Color 199 Kb
	Offering of Fruits to Moon Goddess 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	870*1021 True Color 158 Kb
	Offering of Fruits to Moon Goddess (detail) 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	950*1152 True Color 229 Kb
	The Mandarin's Walk 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	1037*1300 True Color 218 Kb
	Exotic Figures 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	967*1300 True Color 194 Kb
	Flying Amor with Arrows 1757 Fresco Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza	672*1400 True Color 130 Kb