Pompeo Batoni
(1708–1787) Italian painter (1708-1787)
Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Pompeo Batoni belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.
Pompeo Batoni was born in Lucca and died in Rome. Pompeo Batoni studied under Sebastiano Conca. Wikidata associates Pompeo Batoni with Classicism. Pompeo Batoni became a member of Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.
The best-known works include ‘Truth and Mercy’, ‘Peace and Justice’, ‘Charles Joseph Crowle’, and ‘The Ecstasy of St Catherine’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 204 works by Pompeo Batoni with free images. The dated works span the years 1588–1800. Works by Pompeo Batoni are held by several collections, among them National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Art Institute of Chicago, Basildon Park, and National Gallery of Ireland. Wikidata links 4 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pietro Rotari, Maria Felice Tibaldi-Subleyras, Louis-Michel van Loo, Jacques Philippe Le bas, and Francisco Salzillo.