Purchase, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation Inc., Mrs. Haebler Frantz, April R. Axton, L. H. P. Klotz, and David Mortimer Gifts; and Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, George Blumenthal, and J. Pierpont Morgan, Bequests of Millie Bruhl Fredrick and Mary Clark Thompson, and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1982
Catalogue
- Year
- 1761
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49 x 68 in. (124.5 x 172.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Pompeo Batoni
Artist
Painting
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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Portrait of a Young Man
1760 · Oil on canvas
Kop van een oude vrouw
1741 · chalk, prepared paper
Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV
1740 · Red chalk, highlighted with white, on beige paper
Liggende riviergod
1718 · squared on paper, chalk
Studie van een staand mannelijk model, geleund tegen een borstwering
1718 · paper, chalk
Bust-Length Study of a Child
1708 · Black chalk, hightlighted with white chalk
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- Pompeo Batoni
- Year
- 1761
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49 x 68 in. (124.5 x 172.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1761-535594
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified