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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (25 January 1708 – 4 February 1787) was an Italian painter who displayed a solid technical knowledge in his portrait work and in his numerous allegorical and mythological pictures.
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (25 January 1708 – 4 February 1787) was an Italian painter who displayed a solid technical knowledge in his portrait work and in his numerous allegorical and mythological pictures.
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (born Jan. 25, 1708, Lucca, Tuscany [Italy]—died Feb. 4, 1787, Rome) was an Italian painter, who in his own time was ranked with Anton Raphael Mengs as a painter of historical subjects.
Italian painter and draughtsman, the son of a distinguished goldsmith. He has been described as ‘Italy's last Old Master’ and he was certainly the last great Italian personality to dominate painting in Rome, where he spent virtually his whole career (he settled there in 1727).
'Pompeo Batoni was known for his portraits of wealthy Grand Tourists during their stay in Rome. He frequently depicted them in the presence of antiquities in order to amplify...
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni. 1708 - 1787. Batoni was the leading portrait painter of 18th- century Rome. He was born in Lucca, the son of a goldsmith, and his training probably took place there before he moved to Rome in 1727.
Portrait of a Young Man. Pompeo Batoni Italian. ca. 1760–65. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 627. Commissioning a portrait from Batoni was practically a rite of passage for Grand Tourists in Rome.
Pompeo Batoni. Lucca, 1708-Rome, 1787. Print page. Son of a distinguished goldsmith from Lucca, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni began his apprenticeship in that trade. In 1727 he left the family workshop and moved to Rome to study painting.
Jan 25, 1708 - Feb 4, 1787. Pompeo Girolamo Batoni was an Italian painter who displayed a solid technical knowledge in his portrait work and in his numerous allegorical and mythological...
Pompeo Batoni was an Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the most celebrated painter in Rome of his day, and one of the most famous in Europe. For nearly half a century, he painted the portraits of international travellers on the grand tour to Rome.
