POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) Allegory of Peace and War (1776) Oil on canvas (136 x 99 cm) The Art Institute of Chicago, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” In 1998 the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) acquired one of Pompeo Batoni´s most beautiful allegorical paintings. The picture was …
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I am interested in European art from the XVI to the XIX centuries. The purpose of this blog is to contact like-minded persons, to share the fruit of my studies with them and exchange information and knowledge.
Frederick Lord North
POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1753) Oil on canvas (93 x 75 cm) National Portrait Gallery (London) To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” Frederick North (1732-92), later 2nd Earl of Guilford, was the son of Francis, 1st Earl of Guilford and Lady Lucy Montagu, …
THE HANDSOME MARQUESS
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764) William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, later 4th Duke of Devonshire (1741) Oil on canvas (76 x 63 cm) Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the image, right-click on it and “Open in a new tab” William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720 – 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess …
John Monson of Burton
POMPEO BATONI (1707-1787) John, 3rd Baron Monson of Burton (1775) Oil on canvas: 249 x 175 cm Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab. The only claim to fame this handsome and very elegant young gentleman would have had was to have been portrayed by Pompeo …
A Welsh Diplomat
ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS (1728-1779) Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1757) Oil on canvas: 110 x 83 cm Warsaw, National Museum. To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab. Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1708-1759) was already a well-known and highly-regarded poet, writer and satirist when he decided to embark on a …
Alexander, Duke of Gordon
POMPEO BATONI (1707-1787) Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon (1763) Oil on canvas: 292 x 192 cm National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Alexander Gordon (1743-1827) succeeded his father, Cosmo George, as 4th Duke of Gordon in 1752 when he was still a child, …
The King´s Daughter (I)
JOHANN JULIUS HEINSIUS (1740-1812) Marie-Adélaide de France / Madame Adélaide (1784) Oil on canvas: 135 x 105 cm Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The author of this beautiful portrait was a German called Johann Julius Heintz or Heinse; however, like many of his contemporaries and …
The handsome Agostino
JACOB FERDINAND VOET (1639-1689) Agostino Chigi, Principe di Farnese (c.1670) Oil on canvas (size unknown, probably 76 x 62 cm) Museum of Fine Arts and Lace, Alençon, France To enlarge the pictures, right-click on them and choose "Open in a new tab" When you look at a portrait by Jacob Ferdinand Voet, chances are that …
M. de Joly
ANTOINE VESTIER (1740-1824) M. Etienne de Joly (1795-96) Galerie Eric Coatalem, Paris Oil on canvas (81 x 65 cm) (To enlarge the picture, right click on it and chose "Open in another window") Here is another beautiful portrait by Antoine Vestier that shows the talent of this little-known French painter. Like the sitter in my …
A gentleman in red
POMPEO BATONI (1708-1787) A gentleman in a red coat (1758-60) Private collection Oil on canvas (99 x 74 cm) (To enlarge the picture, right click on it and chose "Open in a new window") Pompeo Batoni, one of the finest portrait painters in European history, is beginning to emerge from the darkness to which he …
Old Masters 