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| Keywords: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of Joseph Henry of Straffan - Walters 371932.jpg Batoni was the most sought after portrait painter in 18th-century Rome Visitors especially young British men on their Grand Tour of the Continent wanted to have him paint their portraits In this example the young Irishman from County Kildare is leaning on the base of a pillar suggestive of palatial surroundings which in its simplicity is characteristic of the neoclassical taste of the period His relaxed pose open velvet jacket and book suggest the casual elegance of a well-read gentleman Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 416 527-528 circa 1750 1755 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 98 72 5 ; Stretcher cm 99 3 73 5 accession number 37 1932 30424 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 771 as school of Charles Le Brun Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 A Family Reunion The Milltowns National Gallery of Ireland Dublin 1997 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Male portraits by Pompeo Batoni 18th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1750s Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 18th-century portrait paintings of unidentified men 1750s 1750s oil on canvas paintings in the United States Portrait 1750s portrait paintings Male 18th-century oil portraits of standing men at half length 1750s Portrait paintings of standing men with arms resting on pedestals 1750s Portrait paintings of men holding books 1750s | ||||
