We look up through an opening surrounded by a stone ledge, with clusters of people and clouds swirling into a blue sky up and away from us in this vertical, rectangular painting. From a distance, the scene looks like a complete illusion but up close, the people, clouds, and architecture are sketchily painted. The ledge running around the opening has a gold, oval medallion at each corner. Appearing to be carved from white stone, two bearded men with long hair recline against each medallion, flanking them to each side in front of large shells that curve up over the people and frames them. A…
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Wealth and Benefits of the Spanish Monarchy under Charles III

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venetian, 1696 - 1770)

1762

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 181.8 x 104.3 cm (71 9/16 x 41 1/16 in.) ; framed: 192.4 x 115.3 cm (75 3/4 x 45 3/8 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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