The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

“[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo] had a genius for presenting scenes from history and myth in a vividly dramatic way, like theater on a grand scale. You’re looking at splendors of art and fantasy painted with a supremely confident technique.” —Tom Campbell, The Director’s Tour http://met.org/I21IGM 

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) | The Triumph of Marius | 1729