Italian
1708-1787
Pompeo Batoni Location
Italian painter and draughtsman. In his day he was the most celebrated painter in Rome and one of the most famous in Europe. For nearly half a century he recorded the visits to Rome of international travellers on the GRAND TOUR in portraits that remain among the most memorable artistic accomplishments of the period. He was equally gifted as a history painter, and his religious and mythological paintings were sought after by the greatest princes of Europe. Related Paintings of Pompeo Batoni :. | Egypt on his way to the rest | Peace and war | And the glory of Our Lady of El Nino | Self-Portrait | I count Leitrim | Related Artists: Lower Rhenish School early fifteenth century Manuel Dias de Oliveira (1764 - 1837) Erasmus Quellinus 1607-1678 Flemish Erasmus Quellinus Gallery