Artists

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  Rebecca at the Well $AU 271.19 ~ 1,283.36
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  Three Dominican Saints $AU 238.27 ~ 4,892.69
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  St James Brought to Martyrdom $AU 283.45 ~ 1,983.18

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682 Venice-1753 Venice) was the son of the wood carver and sculptor Giocomo Piazzetta. After initial instruction with his father, the young man continued his training in Venice under Antonio Molinari, and after 1703 in Bologna where he was especially influenced by the genre painting of Giuseppe Maria Crespi. After 1711 Piazzetta became a permanent resident of Venice. Piazzetta was the most sought-after ecclesiastical painter of the Settecento in Venice besides his younger collegue and rival, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. He also painted portraits and genre paintings and executed illustrations for books. Among his important patrons were the Prince Elector Clement-August of Cologne, and FieldMarshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg. Other works by the artist include Susanna and the Elders, c. 1720, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; St. Francis in Ecstasy, c. 1732, Museo Civico, Vicenza; and Rebecca at the Well, c. 1740, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.