Pompeo Batoni
Thomas Taylour, Viscount of Headfort, later 2nd Earl of Bective and 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757–1829)

Thomas Taylour, Viscount of Headfort, later 2nd Earl of Bective and 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757–1829)

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Thomas Taylour, Viscount of Headfort, later 2nd Earl of Bective and 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757–1829)
ArtistItalian (Roman), 1708–1787
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Thomas Taylour, Viscount of Headfort, later 2nd Earl of Bective and 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757–1829)
Date1781–1782
Made inItaly
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas or panel: 70 1/4 × 57 3/4 in. (178.4 × 146.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 77 3/16 × 65 3/16 × 3 in. (196 × 165.6 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1982.1
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
218 Blaffer Galleries
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ProvenanceBy descent, within the family of the sitter, Marquess of Headfort, Headfort House, Kells, County Meath, Ireland; Trustees of the Marquess of Headfort; [Christie’s, London, 1968, no. 46, bought in]; [William R. Drown, London, 1971]; [Christie’s, London, 1979, no. 167]; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 1979]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1982.

Exhibition History"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

"Giuseppe Vasi's Rome: Lasting Impressions from the Age of the Grand Tour," Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene; September 25, 2010–January 2, 2011; Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersery, March 6–June 12, 2011.

"Ireland: Art on a World Stage, 1690–1840," Art Institute of Chicago, March 17–June 7, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated on the back of the chair: Pompeo de Battoni P. Roma 1782

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