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 :. | Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty | Portrait of Cardinal Jean Francois Joseph de Rochechouart | Portrait of Emperor Joseph II (right) and his younger brother Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany (left), who would later become Holy Roman Emperor as Leopo | Egypt on his way to the rest | Jean-Francois Josech de Rochechouart |
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