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Portrait of Prince Abbondio Rezzonico as Senator of Rome  1765

by Pompeo Batoni

[i]Workshop of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni[/i] [br]Depicted here in ceremonial costume is the powerful prince Abbondio Rezzonico (1742-1810), a senator of Rome and the nephew of Pope Clement XIII. The prince poses with great pomp. The avoidance of eye contact with the beholder excludes any possibility of informality; the painting was probably intended for a public setting. For ...
Size: 
H: 52 3/4 x W: 38 7/8 in. (134 x 98.7 cm)
Medium: 
oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum