About this artwork
Pompeo Batoni’s grand portraits and numerous religious and historical commissions established him as the leading Roman painter of his day. He painted Peace and War on his own initiative, without a commission, attracting critical praise for the work’s graceful invention. It combines elements of Rococo softness and eroticism with the newly fashionable Neoclassical style. War, represented by the god Mars, is restrained by a personification of peace, who bears an olive branch.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 218
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Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
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Artist
- Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
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Title
- Allegory of Peace and War
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Place
- Italy (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1776
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Signed and dated: POMPEO DE BATONI PINXIT ROMAE 1776
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Dimensions
- 136 × 99 cm (53 1/2 × 39 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of the Old Masters Society
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Reference Number
- 1998.152
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/149778/manifest.json