Now most remembered for his portraits - more specifically, his elegant images of young British noblemen, posed while in Rome in the midst of their "Grand Tour" of the Continent - Batoni - with the aid of his studio - was remarkably prolific, devoting much energy to religious, allegorical, and mythological subjects, all of which were considered much more "serious" than mere money-making portraits.
Allegory of Peace and War, 1776. |
Vulcan in his Forge, 1750. |
Venus and Cupid (The Education of Cupid), 1785. |
Atalanta Crying over the Body of Meleager, 1743. |
Allegory of the Arts, 1740. |
Apollo with the Muses of Music and Poetry, circa 1760. (Likely a studio copy.) |
Thetis Entrusting Achilles to the Centaur Chiron, 1746. |
Thetis Entrusting Achilles to the Centaur Chiron, 1770. (The same subject, painted twenty-four years later.) |
Peace and Justice, 1745. |
Mercury Crowning Philosophy as the Mother of the Arts, 1747. |
The Education of Achilles, 1746. |
Venus Caressing Cupid, 1774. |
Time Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty, 1746. |
The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, 1756. |
Prometheus Modeling Man from Clay, 1743. |
Truth and Mercy, circa 1745. |
Diana and Cupid, 1761. |
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