Pompeo Batoni
(1708-1787), ArtistArtist associated with 7 portraits
Pompeo Batoni was an Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the most celebrated painter in Rome of his day, and one of the most famous in Europe. For nearly half a century, he painted the portraits of international travellers on the grand tour to Rome. He was also a gifted history painter, and his religious and mythological paintings were highly sought after.
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
by Pompeo Batoni
oil on canvas, 1752-1756
NPG 6180
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
by Pompeo Batoni
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1762
NPG 4899
by Pompeo Batoni
oil on canvas, circa 1766-1767
NPG 2001
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
by James Watson, after Pompeo Batoni
mezzotint, (1762)
NPG D2496
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland when Lord Warkworth
by John Finlayson, after Pompeo Batoni
mezzotint, published 1765
NPG D37843
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland when Lord Warkworth
by John Finlayson, after Pompeo Batoni
mezzotint, published 1765
NPG D3744
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland
by and published by Valentine Green, after Pompeo Batoni
mezzotint, published 1 January 1777
NPG D38800
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