Bust-Length Study of a Child

Pompeo Batoni, 1708

MEDIUMBlack chalk, hightlighted with white chalk, on blue-gray paper

DIMENSIONS6 3/16 x 7 7/16in. (15.7 x 18.9cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pompeo Batoni

Pompeo Batoni, the 18th-century Italian painter, captured the Grand Tour elite, from British gentlemen to European royalty, in his elegant portraits.