Artist/Designer: Gianbattista Tiepolo
Project Location: Germany
Style/Period(s):
Rococo, Baroque
Primary Material(s):
Plaster, Paint
Function(s):
Residential Structure
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
18th Century
Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-
Bachmann, Erich. The Wurzburg Residence and Court Gardens. Munich: Bayerische Verwaltung der staatlichen Schlösser, 1976.
Bussagli, Marco and Mattia Reiche. Baroque & Rococo. New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2009.
Stinson, Robert. Seventeenth-Century and Eighteenth-Century Art. Dubuque, Iowa: WM. C. Brown Company Publishers, 1969.
Additional Information
Building Address
Residenzplatz 2, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
Supporting Designers/Staff
Antonio Bossi (1699-1764) created stucco figures
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) created sopraportas (paintings above doors)
Significant Dates
Shell completed in 1741
Decorated and furnished by Prince -Bishop Carl Philipp von Greiffenclau in 1749-1753
Frescoes created by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in 1751-1752
Tags
Baroque, Germany, Frescoes, Marble,
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