A patron who is not the famous Maecenas of Arezzo (here he has the appearance of Francesco Algarotti, a leading person in Venetian culture); Augustus is that great Augustus III elector of Saxony and king of Poland. A gift that arrived in Venice from Germany.
A small picture in which Tiepolo was able to work on the details in a maniacal way, making the color vibrate.
The Venetian artist thanks to his mastery in dominating the lines and the color stands out as the great decorative painter of Europe in the eighteenth century.
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