Pompeo Batoni: Portrait of Cardinal Prospero Colonna di Sciarra
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Artist |
Pompeo Batoni
(1708–1787) |
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Alternative names |
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo Battoni |
Description |
Italian painter, aquarellist and drawer |
Date of birth/death |
25 January 1708 |
4 February 1787 |
Location of birth/death |
Lucca |
Rome |
Work period |
between circa 1723 and circa 1787 date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1723-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
Lucca (between circa 1723 and circa 1727 date QS:P,+1723-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1723-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1727-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ), Rome (1727–1787) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q505613 |
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Title |
Portrait of Cardinal Prospero Colonna di Sciarra |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
portrait |
Description |
English: Batoni was particularly famous for his portraits and had many elite clients, such as Cardinal Prospero Colonna di Sciarra (1708-65), who was a member of a great Roman noble family. The cardinal can be identified by the letter he holds, which is addressed to him. The red color of the clothing of his ecclesiastic office produces an imposing effect against the dark background. Batoni's virtuosity in the handling of paint comes through in the meticulous depiction of different textures, such as hair, silk, and lace. |
Depicted people |
Prospero Colonna di Sciarra |
Date |
circa 1750 date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Baroqueera QS:P2348,Q37853 ) |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
Painted surface height: 100.7 cm (39.6 in); width: 75.4 cm (29.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,100.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,75.4U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number |
37.1205 |
Place of creation |
Rome, Italy |
Object history |
- Colonna de Sciarra family (?), Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 288]
- 1902: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history |
An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton. 1967. Painting in Italy in the Eighteenth Century: Rococo to Romanticism. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo. 1970. Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995-1996. Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston. 2000. |
Credit line |
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 |
Inscriptions |
[Transcription] Inscribed on the front of the letter held by the sitter: ALL'EMINMO E REVMO PRINE / IL CARD COLONNA DE SCIARRA; [Translation] To the Most Eminent and Most Reverend Prince, the Cardinal Colonna di Sciarra |
References |
Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 415 , pp. 526−527 OCLC: 2463997. |
Source |
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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