Помпео Джироламо Батони Pompeo Batoni биография работы

Hello everyone, we continue to consider the works of artists and sculptors Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, an Italian artist who demonstrated solid technical knowledge in his portrait works and his numerous allegorical and mythological paintings. A large number of foreign guests traveling around Italy and reaching Rome during their big tour led artists to specialize in portraits. Batoni gained international fame largely thanks to his clients, mainly British of noble origin, whom he often portrayed against the background of famous Italian landscapes. Although Batoni was considered the best Italian artist of his time, modern chronicles mention his rivalry with Anton Raphael Mengs. Batoni's style drew inspiration and included elements of classical antiquity, French rococo, Bolognese classicism and the works of such artists as Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain and especially Raphael. Thus, Pompeo Batoni is considered a predecessor of neoclassicism. He was born in Lucca in a family of a jeweler. On February 5, 1708, he was baptized in the Basilica of San Frediano. He moved to Rome in 1727 and studied with Agostino Masucci, Sebastiano Conca and Francesca Imperiali. Batoni was obliged to the rains that fell on Rome in April 1732 in search of shelter from a sudden storm. The fort of Gabriele di Gubbio, Count of Boccheresco, was hidden under the portico of the Palace of the Conservatory on the Capitol Hill. Here, the nobleman met a young artist who painted the ancient bas-reliefs and murals of the palace stairs. Impressed by his skill and purity of design, he asked Batoni to show some of his works. And when he was taken to the artist's workshop, he was so amazed by his talent that he offered him to write a new altar image for the chapel of his family, Madonna on the Throne with the Baby and the Four Saints and the Blessed Family of Gabriele. Batoni became a very fashionable artist in Rome, especially after his rival Anton Raphael Mengs left for Spain. In 1761, Batoni befriended Finkielmann, and, like him, strived in his painting to the restrained classicism of artists of the past centuries, such as Raphael and Poussin, and not to the works of Venetian artists who were then in the Mole. He was married twice. In 1729 to Caterina Sette, she died in 1642, and then in 1747 to Lucia Fattoria, and he had 12 children. He was in great demand, especially for portraits of the British who traveled around Rome. He died in Rome in 1787 at the age of 79. Batoni was one of the most famous Italian artists of his time, and among his patrons and collectors were members of the royal family and aristocrats from all over Europe. So, in short, from the translation Wikipedia about Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, an Italian artist. Bye, bye, goodbye, we look at the work.