File:Popepiusvi.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo Battoni
Description	Italian painter, aquarellist and draughtsman
Date of birth/death	25 January 1708	4 February 1787
Location of birth/death	Lucca	Rome
Work period	between circa 1723 and circa 1787
Work location	Lucca (between circa 1723 and circa 1727), Rome (1727–1787)
Authority control	WorldCat

Description

English: Portrait of Pope Pius VI (1717-1799)

Date

1775

Medium

oil on canvas

Current location

Museo di Roma

Inscriptions

"Alla Santità di N.ro Sig.re Papa Pio VI per P. Batoni Pinxit 1775".

References

http://mv.vatican.va/2_IT/pages/x-Schede/PINs/PINs_Sala15_02_058.html

Source/Photographer

Bridgemanortondemand.com

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List of popes

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