Synopses & Reviews
This meticulously researched catalogue presents an authoritative assessment of the works of Pompeo Batoni (1708andndash;1787), one of the 18th centuryandrsquo;s most celebrated painters. Born in Lucca, Batoni established himself in Rome and received commissions from popes, princes, and British aristocrats on the Grand Tour. Batoni was highly sought after for his theatrical yet incisiveandmdash;and often flatteringandmdash;portraits. Connoisseurs and cognoscenti also prized his learned and technically brilliant allegorical, religious, and mythological compositions.
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With entries on more than 480 paintings and 250 drawings, this magnificent two-volume set provides the most complete examination to date of Batoniandrsquo;s entire oeuvre. Featuring beautiful, high-quality reproductions, the book provides thorough details on provenance and exhibition history as well as biographies of the portrait sitters. New analysis of the works, resulting from decades of research, reinterprets some of Batoniandrsquo;s iconography, identifies new textual and visual sources of his imagery, and reveals insights gleaned from unpublished archival materials.
Review
The texts are well researched and gracefully presented and provide an excellent concentrated look at the art of sixteenth-century Venice.and#8212; Annemarie Sawkins, Marquette University
Synopsis
For the past 65 years, the National Galleries of Scotland has displayed the acclaimed Bridgewater Collection, one of the worldand#8217;s most important groups of Old Master paintings still under private ownership. Consisting largely of French and Italian works, the collection includes Titianand#8217;s
Diana and Actaeon (recently purchased by the National Galleries of Scotland and the National Gallery of London) and
Diana and Callisto, each an undeniable masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance.
This catalogue accompanies an unprecedented exhibition of 25 paintings and drawings from the National Galleries of Scotland. In addition to the works by Titian, the book features paintings and drawings by Lorenzo Lotto, Jacopo Bassano, Tintoretto, and Veronese. With special emphasis on the Titian masterpieces, the authors discuss the Bridgewater Collection and its long, proud history of bringing Old Master paintings to public view.
Synopsis
This meticulously researched catalogue, which includes a number of recently discovered paintings, presents an authoritative assessment of one of the 18th centuryandrsquo;s most celebrated artists.
About the Author
Edgar Peters Bowron is Audrey Jones Beck Curator of European Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Andrew Butterfield is president of Andrew Butterfield Fine Arts, a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, and the author of numerous books on Italian Renaissance art. Michael Clarke is director of the National Galleries of Scotland.