Fine Art

The Patron Saints of the Crotta Family — History & Facts

At the end of 1740s a member of the notable Venetian Crotta family commissioned a painting from Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. This print by Tiepolo’s son is a rendering of that picture. The Crottas came from Bergamo, where the saints here portrayed were venerated.

The leading role is played by St Grata, who shows St Alexander’s decapitated head to her father. The drops of blood from Alexander’s neck change into flowers.

More Artworks by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Engel met scapulier etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo depicting an angel with a scapular

Engel met scapulier

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Angelica geneest de wond van Medoro, etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, depicting Angelica healing Medoro.

Angelica geneest de wond van Medoro

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo depicting virtue confronting greed.

Deugd en Faam verjagen Gierigheid

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Religious etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo depicting the Holy Family at a city gate.

Heilige familie vertrekt door een stadspoort

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Figurative etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo featuring a figure with a ceremonial jug.

Paus met schenkkan

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Rinaldo en Armida, etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, depicting lovers by a lakeside

Rinaldo en Armida als liefdespaar aangetroffen bij een meer door twee ridders

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Portrait of an elderly man with a beard, etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Oude man met borstelige wenkbrauwen en baard

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo depicting a knight with a sword in a swirling background

Man met zwaard

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo depicting a man with long hair and light

Man met lange haren en zonder hoofddeksel

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Etching by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo depicting a nude figure with a bare shoulder

Man met ontblote schouder

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

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More Religious Art

A triptych showing a lush garden with nude figures and animals on the left, a vibrant central panel of nude humans and fantastical creatures, and a dark, fiery hellscape with tortured figures on the right.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch

Father embraces his son in an etching by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn

A young woman in a red dress and blue mantle sits on a rock with two children, one holding a small bird, set against a landscape of hills and trees.

Madonna of the Goldfinch

Raphael

Rembrandt's 'The Crucifixion' depicts a dramatic moment in a religious context.

The Crucifixion

Rembrandt van Rijn

Rubens' depiction of Christ on the Cross with Mary, Mary Magdalene, and St John in a moment of profound grief.

Christ on the Cross with Maria, Mary Magdalene and St John

Peter Paul Rubens

A muscular female figure in an orange robe twists her body holding a massive open book above her head, with a young attendant seated behind her.

Libyan Sibyl

Michelangelo

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