Italian painter, draftsman and printmaker Giovanni Battista Tiepolo better known as Giambattista Tiepolo was born, March 5, 1696 in Venice, Italy ❦ Tiepolo was considered the greatest painter of large-scale decorative frescoes in the 1700s and an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. He was admired for having brought fresco painting to new heights of technical virtuosity, illumination, and … Continue reading Giovanni Battista Tiepolo [1696-1770]