Portrait of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Bt.Pompeo Batoni Pompeo Girolamo Batoni or Battoni (25 January, 1708 - 4 February, 1787) was an Italian painter whose style incorporated elements of the French Rococo, Bolognese classicism, and nascent Neoclassicism. (Italy, 1708-87). Portrait of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Bt., 1758-59, oil on canvas, 91 x 64" (231 x 162 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. , gift of the Ahmanson Foundation, AC1994.128.1. Notice this young man's stance, clothing, and surroundings. What do you see in the background? What might the artist have wished to communicate with this portrait? The painting shows a young Englishman on his "grand tour" of Italy. Like other English aristocrats of his day, Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham undertook a grand tour or extended journey to Italy to complete his education and admire artworks This article is about the software drawing application. For art objects, see work of art. ArtWorks is an advanced vector drawing package for RISC OS created by Computer Concepts (now Xara) in 1991. It has been developed by MW Software since 1996. and antiquities Antiquities, nearly always used in the plural in this sense, is a term for objects from Antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, Ancient Egypt and the other Ancient Near Eastern cultures. found there. He gestures toward Tivoli in the background, a hill town that in ancient times was a favorite summer retreat for wealthy residents of nearby Rome. At the time of this painting, Italian artist Pompeo Batoni was recognized as Europe's leading portrait painter. The setting, with its antique bust of the goddess Minerva and view of Tivoli, serves to chronicle Knatchbull-Wyndham's travels and status as a learned and cultured aristocrat. ?? Why would Knatchbull-Wyndham have commissioned this portrait? What impression do you think it made on his friends in England? How do people document their vacations today? Gallery Card submitted by Jenny Siegenthaler, Associate Museum Educator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California. |
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