Pompeo Batoni

Italian painter (1708-1787)

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Pompeo Girolamo Battoni, also known as Pompeo Battoni, was an Italian painter born in Lucca on January 25, 1708. He studied under Sebastiano Conca and worked within the Classicism movement, specializing in portrait painting. Battoni was a member of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno and spoke Italian.

He died of a stroke in Rome on February 4, 1787, due to natural causes. His works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Museo del Prado. He is described by sources including the Svensk uppslagsbok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the New International Encyclopedia.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Girolamo
Gender: male
Citizenship: Italy
Place of birth: Lucca
Place of death: Rome
Occupation: painter
Languages spoken: Italian
Student of: Sebastiano Conca
Genre: portrait
Movement: Classicism
Image: Pompeo Batoni - Selbstbildnis - 1057 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg