Keywords: Tiepolo Vercellae Metropolitan.jpg Artwork Creator Giovanni Battista Tiepolo en The battle has been identified tentatively as the great vistory of Gaius Marius over fierce Teutonic tribes in Lombardy in 101 B C The tribes of the Cimbri had crossed the Alps near Trent and invaded the Veneto whose mild climate and delicacies reputedly sapped their strengh Their defeat saved Rome from conquest The picture is from a series of ten canvases painted about 1725-1729 to decorate the main room of the Ca'Dolfin Venice c otherdate between 1725 1729 Oil canvas cm institution Metropolitan Museum of Art Tiepolo Center - First Floor - Section 1 object history credit line accession number http //www worldvisitguide com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000099517 html <gallery> Image Tiepolo Vercellae jpg </gallery> PD-old-100-1923 Paintings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1720s oil on canvas paintings in the United States Cimbrian War Italian Rococo paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient Rome in history paintings |