Procession of the Trojan Horse by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, ca. 1760

A reproduction of Giovanni Tiepolo’s masterpiece “Procession of the Trojan Horse” of about 1760.  This is the Italian master’s rendition of the famous story found in the sacred books of the Greeks in which the people of Troy demolished their gates and brought into their city the vehicle of their destruction.  The painting is at the National Gallery in London.

Giovanni Domenico was born in Venice, the eldest surviving son of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, whose assistant he became. He worked in Venice, Würzburg and Vicenza. In 1762 he accompanied his father to Madrid, and on his death in 1770 returned to Venice.  Although overshadowed by his father, Giovanni Domenico was a significant painter in his own right. His work is more down to earth and less allegorical than his father’s.

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