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Christ in Glory with Saints Celsus, Julian, Marcionilla and Basilissa
Creator
Pompeo BatoniItalian Artist · 1708–1787
All works by this person →Anyone who was anyone who visited Rome simply had to have his or her portrait painted by Pompeo Batoni. His delicate technique, elegant draftsmanship, and ability to tastefully incorporate ancient sculptures and monuments into his pictures dovetailed perfectly with Europe's vogue for the antique. A goldsmith's son, Batoni studied in Rome, basing his style in part on Raphael and on the art of antiq
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- 1736–1737
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
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- Italian
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- Paintings
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- Getty Museum
In the upper half of this oil study, Christ is depicted in glory surrounded by adoring angels. Looking up at him are four martyr saints: Saints Celsus, Marcionilla, Julian, and Basilissa. Pompeo Batoni made this sketch when he was only twenty-eight, in preparation for his first important commission in Rome. He was commissioned to create a life-size altarpiece that still hangs in the the church of Saints Celsus and Julian today.
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