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 :. | Nico left, Prince | Angels coming out in the desert in front of the Hagar | Ritratto del Principe Abbondio Rezzonico | Egypt on his way to the rest | The Cross of Christ, the Virgin and St. John s Evangelical |
Related Artists:
Edmund George Warren,RI
1834-1909
John varley jnr
1870-1895,d.1899
Marie Wiegmann
painted Mrs. Carl vom Rath in 1866