Tiepolo – Venice in the North

The catalogue of the exhibition Tiepolo – Venice in the North is organized by the Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery in partnership with the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, and the Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia MUVE.

The publication, with scholarly articles, focuses on the art of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) and his son Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) in a Northern European context. Artworks by the famous Venetian masters found their way into major collections in the North throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The Swedish royal court in Stockholm, the imperial court in St Petersburg, and important art collectors contributed to the growing reputation of the Tiepolos far outside the borders of Italy.

The catalogue presents a unique selection of works from major museum collections in Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Great Britain, Italy, and Finland. Masterpieces in oil, sketches, etchings, and drawings cover a wide scope of the artistic production of both the father and the son. The story of how these artworks reached the art market far outside Italy is remarkable, and some of the artworks have so far remained outside the major field of Tiepolo research. The publication provides new insights into the history of collections, provenance, and the latest research on the art of the Tiepolos.

Between 1774 and 1778, Domenico Tiepolo published the complete production of etchings by the Tiepolo family. A rare and extremely well-preserved first edition copy belongs to the National Library of Finland. The catalogue reveals the fascinating story of this discovery.