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Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome
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On view through January 27, 2008 at the Audrey Jones Beck Building
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Pompeo Batoni, Diana and Cupid, 1761
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation Inc., Mrs. Haebler Frantz, April R. Axton, L. H. P. Klotz, and David Mortimer Gifts; and Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, George Blumenthal, and J. Pierpont Morgan, Bequests of Millie Bruhl Frederick and Mary Clark Thompson, and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1982 (1982.438)
Pompeo Batoni was the most celebrated painter in Rome in his day. The American painter Benjamin West, who lived in Italy in 1760—63, said, "When I went to Rome, the Italian artists of that day thought of nothing, looked at nothing, but the work of Pompeo Batoni." For nearly half a century Batoni recorded the visits to Rome of international travelers on the Grand Tour in portraits that remain among the most memorable artistic accomplishments of the period. Equally gifted as a history painter, his religious and mythological works were eagerly acquired by the greatest patrons and collectors in Britain and on the Continent.
The exhibition, which marks the tercentenary of the painter´s birth, will be the first comprehensive presentation of Batoni´s paintings in forty years, providing a vivid appreciation of the artistic achievement of "Italy´s Last Old Master" through the finest examples available in public and private collections in Europe and America. Batoni´s status as Rome´s most sought-after painter for both portraits and history paintings is underscored by works never previously publicly exhibited, as well as newly discovered and recently cleaned paintings.
The exhibition will go to the National Gallery, London, from February 20 to May 18, 2008.
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the National Gallery, London. An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.
Generous funding is provided by:
The Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation Exhibition Fund
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Related Events:
A Symposium Sponsored by The Samuel H. Kress Foundation and Sotheby´s: Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, January 26, 2008 -
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Explore the MFAH: Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, November 3, 2007 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday, November 10, 2007 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Saturday, November 17, 2007 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Friday Afternoon Lecture - Pompeo Batoni: Master Storyteller
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, October 19, 2007 1:30 PM
Friday Afternoon Lecture: Pompeo Batoni: "Italy´s Last Old Master"
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, January 25, 2008 1:30 PM
Friday Afternoon Lecture: Batoni and the English
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Friday, October 26, 2007 1:30 PM
Gallery Talk at Rienzi: 2 Academic Drawings by Pompeo Batoni, 1765
At the Rienzi
Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunchtime Tour at the MFAH: Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, December 7, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, December 14, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Friday, December 21, 2007 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Members Daytime Preview
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, October 20, 2007 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Members Preview Party
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Opening Day Exhibition Tour
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Saturday Afternoon Lecture - Fame and Scandal: Batoni´s Royal Patrons
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, October 20, 2007 4:00 PM
Saturday Afternoon Lecture: Batoni and the English
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Saturday, October 27, 2007 4:00 PM
Spotlight Tour: Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-Century Rome
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Thursday, December 6, 2007 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Saturday, January 5, 2008 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Spotlight Tour: Pompeo Batoni
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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