Pompeo Batoni Self-researched
Born: 1708, Lucca Died: 1787, Rome Source: self-research
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni was an Italian painter known for his portraits and allegorical and mythological pictures. The influx of foreign visitors on the Grand Tour led him to specialize in portraits, making him one of the most sought-after portraitists in 18th-century Rome.
Artworks
Fall of Simon Magus Self-researched
A monumental late Baroque painting originally intended as the basis for a mosaic altarpiece in St. Peter's Basilica. The work depicts the dramatic fall of the magician Simon Magus as he attempts to fly before the Roman Emperor Nero, struck down by the prayers of Saints Peter and Paul. It was removed from St. Peter's in 1757 and transferred to Santa Maria degli Angeli.