DETAILS
- Artist
- Pompeo Batoni
- Date
- 1736
- Location
- J. Paul Getty Museum
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THE ARTIST
Pompeo Batoni
Pompeo Batoni, the 18th-century Italian painter, captured the Grand Tour elite, from British gentlemen to European royalty, in his elegant portraits.
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