Bust-Length Study of a Child, 1708–87, Black chalk, hightlighted with white chalk, on blue-gray paper, 6 3/16 x 7 7/16in. (15.7 x 18.9cm), Drawings, Pompeo Batoni (Italian, Lucca 1708–1787 Rome), Drawn after life, this delicate study renders the child's head and shoulders with the quiet naturalism that seems characteristic of Batoni, the eminent portraitist in the Neoclassical tradition. Born in Lucca, Batoni achieved a phenomenal international reputation as a painter, especially as a portraitist, and for decades was a prominent figure in the social and intellectual circles of Rome during the Enlightenment
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Bust-Length Study, Child, 1708–87, Black chalk, hightlighted, white, blue-gray paper, 6 3/16 x 7 7/16in, 15.7 18.9cm, Drawings, Pompeo Batoni, Italian, Lucca, 1708–1787, Rome, Drawn, life, delicate study renders, child, head, shoulders, quiet naturalism, seems characteristic, Batoni, eminent portraitist, Neoclassical tradition, Born, Batoni achieved, phenomenal international, reputation, painter, portraitist, decades, prominent figure, social, intellectual circles, Enlightenment
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