https://flic.kr/p/7kFQFm | Pompeo Batoni, Portrait of Humphry Morice, 1761. Norton Conyers, North Yorkshire, Private Collection | Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (25 January 1708 – 4 February 1787) 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…
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