The Tiepolos i
n private collections,
at the Éric Coatalem gallery

Giambattista, Giandomenico and Lorenzo Tiepolo: the family of virtuoso Venetian artists is in the spotlight at the Éric Coatalem Gallery until 3 April.

More than 50 works have been brought together thanks to the collaboration of 22 collectors from France and abroad.

The Tiepolos: a legacy of virtuosity

In 18th-century Venice, the Tiepolos stood out from Guardi and Canaletto with their incisive style and their way of sculpting light with subtle ink washes, marvellous red chalk drawings, masterful canvases and frescoes.

Giambattista Tiepolo left behind a prolific body of work, mainly religious and mythological. He was also the first to depict characters dressed as Punchinellos.

His eldest son, Giandomenico, made the Punchinello theme the focus of around a hundred drawings. He also devoted himself extensively to the New Testament, with a series of more than 300 sheets.

Lorenzo, who died at the age of 30 after a career spent mainly in Spain, remains less well known. Although he has remained in the shadow of his father and brother’s genius, he nevertheless reveals undeniable talent.

Giandomenico TIEPOLO
The Baptism of Jesus
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk
H. 460; W. 360 mm
Signed lower left: “Dom° Tiepolo f”
Inscribed in the sky, in Italian: “Here is my beloved Son and the object of my greatest joy”

Over 50 works gathered
from 22 collectors

‘Once again, thanks to the immense generosity of 22 collectors, both French and foreign, we have been able to bring together more than 50 works by these three wonderful artists and thus have the chance to admire their techniques, their virtuosity and their boundless imaginations.’

 

Excerpt from the introduction to the exhibition catalogue

This exhibition, already hailed by the press as ‘worthy of a museum’ *, is a must-see event this spring.

Comprising mainly works on paper, the exhibition also includes a few oil paintings on canvas and is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue featuring two essays and notes on each work.

Scheduled to run until 3 April, it coincides with Drawing Week and the Salon du dessin, which takes place from 25 to 30 March, in which the Éric Coatalem Gallery is participating.

*Les Tiepolo père et fils se retrouvent à Paris chez Eric Coatalem
by Etienne Dumont – 27 February 2026 – Bilan

Tiepolo dans les collections privées

Galerie Éric Coatalem
136, Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris
Until 3 April 2026

The exhibition catalogue can be viewed
on the Galerie Éric Coatalem website.