
Diana and Cupid
1761 · Oil on canvas
49 x 68 in. (124.5 x 172.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni was an Italian painter who displayed a solid technical knowledge in his portrait work and in his numerous allegorical and mythological pictures. The high number of foreign visitors travelling throughout Italy and reaching Rome during their "Grand Tour" led the artist to specialise in portraits.
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