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POMPEO GIROLAMO BATONI (1708-1787)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 521 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POMPEO

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

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