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Early Life and Training Born: Lucca, Italy (1708) Died: 1787 Pompeo Batoni moved to Rome in 1727. He apprenticed with Agostino Masucci, Sebastiano Conca, and/or Francesco Imperiali. His first independent commission came as a result of rains that struck Rome in April 1732. The painting "The Ecstasy of Saint Catherine of Siena" illustrates his academic refinement of the late-Baroque style. Artistic Style and Influences Batoni's style drew inspiration from classical antiquity, French Rococo, Bolognese Classicism, and artists such as Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain, and especial…
A chart of Pompeo Batoni's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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