The Italian painter Pompeo Girolamo Batoni was born in Lucca in 1708 as the son of a goldsmith. After completing his training in his father's workshop, he finally came to Rome in 1727. There he was a pupil of the painters Sebastiano Conca, an artist of the late baroque period, and Agostino Masucci, a portrait painter.
Batoni's works were initially very much oriented towards antiquity and the Italian painter Raphael. His paintings were influenced by religious and mythological themes, such as his famous painting of Mary Magdalene ("Penitent Magdalene").
Later he began to depict English tourists in front of antique architecture. Thus Batoni is considered the inventor of the tourist portrait and one of the leading portrait painters of the 18th century. There are said to have even been complaints sometimes, as Batoni demanded a lot of money for his portraits.
What made his works particularly famous was their successful resemblance to living models. Not least his apprenticeship as a goldsmith probably also contributed to the fact that he worked out his portraits down to the smallest detail.
Among his friends was the German archaeologist, librarian and antiquarian Johann Joachim Winckelmann, who is also known as the intellectual founder of classicism. Batoni is also considered a pioneer of neo-classicism in Italy, which replaced the Baroque during Batoni's creative period.
Batoni was raised to the nobility by the Roman-German Emperor Joseph II. In his time, his skills were highly esteemed, and he was put on a par with those of Anton Raphael Meng, who was also known as the "second Raphael" at the time.
He was successful with his portraits of foreign visitors to Rome for almost four decades, until he finally died in 1787, also in Rome.
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.jpg "Portrait of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of a lady as Flora, half-length, holding a wicker basket of flowers by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Count Niccolo")
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.jpg "Portrait of Alexandra Evtikhievna Demidova 1724-1789 as Cleopatra, Early 1770s by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Pope Benedict XIV Presenting the Encyclical")
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.jpg "Thomas Tayleur, First Marquess of Headfort by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child with Saints Joseph, Zacharias and Elisabeth and the Infant Saint John by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Woodyeare, 1750 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Self Portrait, 1773-87 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes with His Daughters, 1746 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_4th_Viscount_Charlemont_(later_1st_Earl_of_Charlemont)_-_(MeisterDrucke-898921).jpg "James Caulfield, 4th Viscount Charlemont (later 1st Earl of Charlemont) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_Duke_of_Wurttemberg_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1102798).jpg "Portrait of Charles Eugene II, Duke of Wurttemberg by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_b_-_(MeisterDrucke-971437).jpg "Portrait of the Knight Pierre Andre de Suffren of Saint Tropez, bailiff of Suffren. Painting by Girolamo Pompeo Batoni. Museum of Castles of Versailles by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_bailiff_of_S_-_(MeisterDrucke-960934).jpg "Portrait of Pierre Andre de Suffren de Saint Tropez by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "The Death of Marc Anthony by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Cleopatra showing Octavius the bust of Julius Caesar by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Don José Moñino y Redondo, Count of Floridablanca by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1666378).jpg "The Fall of the Magician Simon Magus by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Venus and Cupid, 1785 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1666070).jpg "Portrait of Pius VI Braschi, c.1776 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "The Death of Marc Antony by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Count Kirill Razumovsky 1728-1803, the last Hetman of Ukraine, 1766 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Don José Moñino y Redondo, Conde de Floridablanca by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sir John Armytage, 2nd Bt. by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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 later 1st Earl of Leicester (of the Second Creation) 1774 (for 1st Earl of 1st Creation see 147993) - (MeisterDrucke-213580).jpg "Thomas William Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester (of the Second Creation) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Lady Mary Fitzpatrick, Second Lady Holland by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Cardinal Jean-François Joseph de Rochechouart by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1665708).jpg "The Return of the Prodigal Son by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Apollo, Music and Geometry by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Cavalry Officer in Walking-Out Dress, Three-Quarter Length, Leaning on a Pedestal by a Bust of Mars by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Charles John Crowle, Art-Lover by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Talbot, Later 1st Earl Talbot by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300277).jpg "Triumph of Love (after antique bas-relief) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Academic Nude by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Monck, 1764 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Carl Theodor Elector to Palace Bavaria by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of David Garrick, 1764 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1133981).jpg "Studies for the Ecstasy of St. Catherine of Siena by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_Painting_by_Pompeo_Bat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1001443).jpg "Portrait of the Italian Composer Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Hon. Lionel Damer, Half Length in Red Coat with Grey Vest and White Cravat, Holding a Paper and Quill Pen by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Richard Milles of Nackington by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_Thomas_Apperley_(1734-1819)_and_Captain_Edwar_-_(MeisterDrucke-1483662).jpg "Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Thomas Apperley, and Captain Edward Hamilton by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Male Nude Leaning on a Ladder by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Thomas Fortescue, M.P., Standing, three quarter length, Wearing a Green Coat and Waistcoat, Leaning His Right Arm on a Pedestal and Holding a Tricorn Hat in His Left Hand by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lord Algernon Percy, later 1st Earl of Beverley by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1317018).jpg "The Holy Family by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Time Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Hon. John Smith by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_husband_of_Empress_Maria_Theresa_Austria_-_(MeisterDrucke-98971).jpg "Francis I Holy Roman Emperor, Husband of Empress Maria Theresa Austria by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Henry Peirse by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Abbondio Rezzonico by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "The Brothers Joseph and Leopold, Sons of Empress Maria Theresia and Emperor Franz-Stephan of Lorraine by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Acis and Galatea by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103832).jpg "Allegory of Religion by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lord Richard Cavendish by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portraits of the brothers Leopold II of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Joseph II of the Holy Empire by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Hugh, Lord Warkworth, later 2nd Duke of Northumberland, c.1765 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Academic Nude by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_Anatomical_Study_Face_in_Profile_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1333124).jpg "Head of a Man, Face in Profile (recto); Anatomical Study, Face in Profile (verso) by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Chaste Susanna by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Prince Alexander Kurakin 1752-1818 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Saint Andrew by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Woman, traditionally identified as Margaret Stuart, Lady Hippisley by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_Spanish_political_(oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1439606).jpg "Manuel Roda y Arrieta, Marques de Roda (1706-1782). Spanish Politician by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_c1740_(sanguine)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1640023).jpg "Study For Two Putti by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Christ and the Woman of Samaria by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Ecstasy of Saint Catherine of Siena by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Pope Clement XIII by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Charles Cecil Roberts by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Princess Izabela Elzbieta Potocka, née Lubomirska by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_painting_-_(MeisterDrucke-1102317).jpg "San Marino raises the Republic by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Abbondio Rezzonico, 1766 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_(oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1108473).jpg "Allegory of the death of the children of Ferdinand IV by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Academic Nude by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Hon. John Smith by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "The Triumph of Venice by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Portrait of Pope Clement XIII 1693-1769, 1760 by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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_c1765_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-898947).jpg "William Weddell by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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.jpg "Sir Gregory Page-Turner by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni")
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