Baroque and Rococo

 

Baroque and Rococo Art Map

Pompeo Batoni


 

Pompeo Batoni

(b Lucca, 25 Jan 1708; d Rome, 4 Feb 1787).

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.

 

Portrait of Charles Crowle
1761-62
Oil on canvas, 248 x 172 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
 

Sensuality
1747
Oil on canvas, 138 x 100 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg