In 1757, Tiepolo and his son Giandomenico were invited to Vicenza to fresco rooms in the Villa Valmarana and in the adjoining guest quarters, the so-called 'foresteria'. Their patron was Count Giustino Valmarana, a scholar and theater enthusiast. Tiepolo frescoed the vestibule and four ground-floor rooms, while his son executed the decoration in the adjacent guest house. Giandomenico's lively genre scenes featuring peasants and merchants were intended to form a marked contrast with Giambattista's noble and tragic themes in the Villa, borrowed from famous works of Greek, Roman, and Italian literature. The Iliad of Homer (c. 750-650 BC), the Aeneid of Virgil (70-19 BC), Orlando furioso by Ariosto (1474-1533) and Gerusalemme liberata by Tasso (1544-1595) were the sources for the different scenes which, because of the small, almost intimate proportions of the rooms, are narrated with a certain simplicity and using a limited number of figures.

The characteristic element of the frescoes in the Villa Valmarana is the way in which the representations have been conceived as theatrical scenes, in which the various heroes act as if on the stage.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1757 Fresco, 350 x 700 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	1030*806 True Color 154 Kb
	Eurybates and Talthybios Lead Briseis to Agamemmon 1757 Fresco, 300 x 280 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	1030*880 True Color 175 Kb
	The Rage of Achilles 1757 Fresco, 300 x 300 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	814*1023 True Color 163 Kb
	Venus Appearing to Aeneas on the Shores of Carthage 1757 Fresco, 230 x 180 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	808*1045 True Color 156 Kb
	Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido 1757 Fresco, 230 x 240 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	962*950 True Color 162 Kb
	Mercury Appearing to Aeneas 1757 Fresco, 230 x 145 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	750*1158 True Color 153 Kb
	Thetis Consoling Achilles 1757 Fresco, 300 x 200 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	819*1001 True Color 173 Kb
	Angelica and Medoro with the Shepherds 1757 Fresco, 250 x 250 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	1050*808 True Color 172 Kb
	Angelica Carving Medoro's Name on a Tree 1757 Fresco, 20 x 160 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	770*1131 True Color 192 Kb
	Rinaldo Abandoning Armida 1757 Fresco, 220 x 310 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	1061*770 True Color 152 Kb
	Apollo and Diana 1757 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Villa Valmarana, Vicenza	1207*770 True Color 152 Kb