Artist: Pompeo Batoni (1708 - 1787)
Nationality: Italian
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Pompeo Batoni studied in Rome under the encouragement of his goldsmith father. He adopted his style from the work of Raphael and ancient art. Beginning in 1735, He received many commissions to create altarpieces as well as mythological and historical paintings. In addition to this, Batoni was an incredibly popular portrait painter, elite from across Europe traveled to Rome to sit for the artist. His portrait style was elegant and polished, often incorporating background scenes filled with Roman sculpture or architecture. Batoni was given the position as curator for the papal collections and was a member of Rome’s intellectual and social elite.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Artist: Pompeo Batoni Title: Studies for the Figure of St. Paul in the Allegory of
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Christ in Glory with Four Saints
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Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1760-65 Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, Roman, 1708-1787)Oil on canvas;
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Artist: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Title: Portrait of John Woodyeare Date: 1750 Medium: oil on canvas
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Studies of a Child Red and white chalks on laid paper prepared with a tan watercolor wash 18th century
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Artist: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Title: Pope Benedict XIV presenting the Encyclical "Ex Omnibus" to the
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Diana and Cupid, 1761 Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, Roman, 1708-1787)Oil on canvas; 49 x 68
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - The Triumph of Venice 1737 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Hercules at the Crossroads 1748 oil on canvas Liechtenstein Museum Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Samson and Delilah 1766 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - The 7th Earl of Northampton n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Italian
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Pompeo-Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of Philip Livingston 1783 oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of Richard Milles c. 1760's oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of John Woodyeare 1750 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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Pompeo Batoni - The Fall of Simon Magus c. 1750 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of John Scott of Banks Fee 1774 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty 1746 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Venus Presenting Aeneas with Armour Forged by Vulcan 1748 oil on canvas Liechtenstein Museum Italian
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Pope Benedict XIV presenting the Encyclical 'Ex Omnibus' to the Comte de Stainville, later Duc de Choiseul 1757 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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Pompeo Batoni - Portrait of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 1758-1759 1758-1759 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Robert Gaillard Portrait of Cardinal Stephanus Ronatus Potter de Geavres Engraving 1751
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Giovanni Girolamo Frezza Marble Centaur Engraver 1739
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Orazio de Santis (Aquilano) The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth and St. John, after Pompeo Aquilano engraving 1568
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Orazio de Santis (Aquilano) St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Roche, and St. Sebastian,after Pompeo Aglano Engraving 1573
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Pompeo Mariani Rainy Night monotype 1900
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Pompeo dell'Aquila Shepherds pen and brown ink over black chalk 16th century
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Pompeo Molins Arch of Drusus Albumen print circa 1868
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The Departure of Saints Paula and Eustochium for the Holy Land Giuseppe Bottani (Italian, Cremonese,
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John Talbot
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Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1770 Henry Benbridge (1743-1812)AmericanWatercolor on ivory; 1 1/4 x 1
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Carlo Faucci Quadro di Pompeo Battoni ENG 18th century
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Gaetano Cottafavi Sepolcro di Pompeo detto di Ascanio nella via Appia in Albano, thirty-fifth plate in the book, Raccolta delle principali vedute di Roma e suoi contorni (Rome: Tommaso Cuccioni, 1837) Etching and engraving 19th century
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Sir Henry Raeburn John Tait of Harvieston oil on canvas 1800
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Sir Henry Raeburn Alexander Carre of Cavers oil on canvas 1802
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Sir Henry Raeburn Mrs. Alexander Henderson oil on canvas circa 1800
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Sir Henry Raeburn Sir William Napier, Bart. oil on canvas circa 1810
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Sir Henry Raeburn Sir Duncan Campbell, Scot Guards oil on canvas circa 1815
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Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée called Le Lorrain), French (active in Rome), 1600-1682 A Herd of
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Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée called Le Lorrain), French (active in Rome), 1600-1682 A Herd of
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640 Head of Cyrus Brought to Queen Tomyris about 1622-23

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Kimbell Art Museum: European Masterpieces: Six Centuries of Paintings from the National Gallery of Victoria
Works range in scope and style from the intimate Man of Sorrows by Memling, a devotional piece for private contemplation, to the comparatively ostentatious ...
Museum of Fine Art Houston: Art of Rome in the 18th Century
In the 18th century, Rome's civic and religious leaders commissioned exceptional artists from throughout Europe to construct and embellish churches, palaces, fountains, public ...
Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Splendor of 18th-Century Rome
A strong sense of their city's cultural centrality encouraged Rome's 18th-century civic and religious leaders to construct or embellish numerous churches, palaces, fountains, public plazas (piazze), gardens and gallerie...

Further Artwork and Information:

Pompeo Batoni Online
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Pompeo Batoni (Getty Museum)
Pompeo Batoni (1708 - 1787) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
BATONI, Pompeo
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
Wikipedia: Pompeo Batoni
Pompeo Batoni - AMAM
Batoni, Pompeo

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