They sit expectantly under chandeliers, beneath a 1745 ceiling painted by Tiepolo.

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His father was a painter, as was his brother Giovanni Antonio. (Their sister Maria-Cecilia married another Venetian artist, Giambattista Tiepolo.) Guardi struggled financially.

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Whenever I'm depressed, I can look at it and feel encouraged by the fact that I own a Tiepolo, even if I was the only bidder.

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Athens' National Art Gallery showcases works from the 14th to the 20th centuries, and is best known for its collections of Greek and Renaissance art, including paintings by El Greco, Tiepolo and Brueghel.

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The presence of light-struck wash drawings of cloud-borne figures and angels by Giambattista Tiepolo proposes a reading of Degas's aerialist as a modern-day, secular version of such imagery, clearly suspended from her clenched jaw, not divinely supported.

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