TIEPOLO, Giovanni Domenico
(b. 1727, Venezia, d. 1804, Venezia)

The Swing of Pulcinella

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

This fresco comes from the Tiepolo family house (villa) at Zianigo, between Padua and Venice. Giandomenico's fresco cycle has been detached and is now preserved in the Ca' Rezzonico. The scene originally decorated the ceiling of the celebrated Pulcinella room in the family villa.




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