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Pompeo Batoni

69 works

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Allegorical painting of a chariot with winged lions and putti before a view of Venice's Doge's Palace and lagoon.

The Triumph of Venice

1737

Painting of women allegorical figures in a classical studio, one painting a warrior on an easel beside a lyre and marble bust

Allegory of the Arts

1740

Full-length portrait of a man in red and gold robes beside a gilt table, with a putto holding scales and a classical colonnad

Portrait of Abbondio Rezzonico

1766

Oil painting of the Virgin in a gold veil and blue robe, gazing upward with hands crossed on her chest.

Vierge en buste les mains croisées sur la poitrine German: Brustbild der Madona mit gekreuzten Armen

1741

Oil portrait of a man in a green coat with gold braid, leaning on a stone pedestal against a dark background.

Portrait of Thomas Fortescue

1767

Oval oil portrait of a young man in a red jacket with fur trim and a fur-brimmed red cap against a dark background.

Portrait of George Oakley Aldrich (1721-1797)

1750

Portrait of a cardinal in red cape and lace cuffs, holding a letter, against a dark background.

Cardinal Etienne-René Potier de Gesvres

1758

Apollo with a laurel wreath and lyre gestures upward beside two Muses, one playing a flute, against a dark background.

Apollo and two Muses

1741

Pope seated on a throne receives a kneeling nobleman with a scroll, while saints and a dove appear above in a painted interio

Pope Benedict XIV presenting the Encyclical 'Ex Omnibus' to the Comte de Stainville, later Duc de Choiseul

1757

Portrait of a young man in green coat with gold braid, leaning on a ledge before a painted classical ruin.

James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount Charlemont (Later 1st Earl of Charlemont)

1753

Portrait of a young man in a green braided jacket and red fur-trimmed cape, holding a gold-hilted sword against a dark backgr

Portrait of John Woodyeare

1750

Painting of a winged Time with an hourglass directing an old woman toward a young woman in pink drapery.

Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty

1746

Full-length portrait of a young man in grey silk and a fur-lined red cloak, pointing to a map beside a marble bust.

Portrait of Richard Milles (1735-1820)

1758

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue silk gown with pearls and roses in her hair, beside a porcelain cup on a red cushion.

Portrait of the Countess Maria Benedetta di San Martino

1785

Oval portrait of a young woman in a blue dress with white lace, holding her hair and a veil against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman, traditionally identified as Margaret Stuart, Lady Hippisley

1785

Portrait of a young man in a blue coat with red collar, holding a sword and hat, beside a classical landscape painting.

William Weddell

1765

Full-length portrait of a young man in blue velvet and red sash beside a crown, columns and a marble bust behind him.

Portrait of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728-1793)

1753

Full-length portrait of a young man in red velvet ceremonial robe with ermine trim beside a gilded table and crown.

Portrait of John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe (1740-1804)

1761

Seated woman in pink gown and blue mantle holding an infant, beside a table with flowers and an arched window.

Mary Taylour, Viscountess of Headfort, later Countess of Bective and Marchioness of Headfort (1776-1795)

1782

Seated man in gray coat with open book beside a globe, quill, and classical ruins through a window, with two dogs.

Thomas Taylour, Viscount of Headfort, later 2nd Earl of Bective and 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757-1829)

1782

Portrait of a young man in a red velvet cape with fur trim, holding a letter, against a black background.

William Fermor

1758

Oval portrait of a young man in a red coat with silver braid, holding a staff over his shoulder against a landscape.

Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

1762

Oil portrait of a young man in a red coat with gold braid, white wig and lace cravat, with classical ruins behind him.

Philip Metcalfe

1787

Portrait of a young man in a dark blue coat with gold braid and lace cuffs, holding a small book.

Edward Weld

1761

Oval self portrait of a smiling man in a red jacket holding a palette and brushes, against a dark background.

Self portrait

1765

Oil portrait of a young man with powdered hair in a green military coat, red collar, and sash, beside a classical column.

Study for the Portrait of Emperor Joseph II

1769

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man seen from behind holding cloth over a grid, with a drapery study below.

Study for Saint Bartholomew and Drapery

c. 1740

Red chalk study sheet with a nude male figure, a seated draped woman, and a kneeling mother with infant, on a grid.

Studies for "Hercules at the Crossroads" and for the "Nativity"

1748

Drawing of a seated male nude with raised arms, rendered in black chalk and white highlights on blue-grey paper.

Male Nude Leaning on a Ladder

1765

Sketch on tan paper with graphite and red chalk studies of hands, a torso, and a face at upper right.

Sketches of Heads and Hands

Red chalk drawing with studies of two nude children and a draped cloth on tan paper, with faint transfer grid lines.

Two Nude Children Lifting a Cudgel

1748

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure reclining with head tilted back, one leg extended, on tan paper.

Male Nude Reclining on a Bed

1745