Pompeo Batoni Italian
1708-1787
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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. Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, Zechariah, and the infant St. John the Baptist mk251 Oil on canvas 403 x 228 cm in 1738-1740
