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POMPEO See also:GIROLAMO See also:BATONI (1708-1787) , See also:Italian painter, was See also:born at See also:Lucca . He was regarded in See also:Italy as a See also:great painter in the 18th See also:century, and unquestionably did much to See also:rescue the See also:art from the intense mannerism into which it had fallen during the preceding century . His paintings, however, are not of the highest See also:order of merit, though they are generally graceful, well designed, and harmoniously coloured . His best See also:production isthought to be his See also:group of " See also:Peace and See also:War." See also:Batoni painted an unusual number of pictures, and was also celebrated for his portraits . |
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