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Batoni (Battoni) Pompeo Girolamo
(1708–1787)

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni was an Italian painter whose style incorporated elements of the French Rococo, Bolognese classicism, and nascent Neoclassicism. He was born in Lucca, the son of a goldsmith, Paolino Batoni. He moved to Rome in 1727, and apprenticed with Agostino Masucci, Sebastiano Conca and/or Francesco Imperiale (1679-1740). By the early... More...

Ghana, 2004, «Lasciviousness»

Guyana, 2004, Paintings from the Hermitage