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 :. | Cleopatra and Mark Antony dying | I count Leitrim | Portrait of Paul I of Russia | Duke of Werttemberg | Portrait of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse | Related Artists:
johann christian Claussen Dahl1788-1857
Gerard Thomaspainted The collector of tithes in 1663-1720
ecole francaiseFounded in 1846, the EfA is the oldest foreign institute in Athens. Its early foundation, still a source of considerable prestige, is to be seen culturally connected with French philhellenism and politically with the French East Mediterranean strategy of the time.