Pompeo Batoni
Mary Taylour, Viscountess of Headfort, later Countess of Bective and Marchioness of Headfort (1761–1842)

Mary Taylour, Viscountess of Headfort, later Countess of Bective and Marchioness of Headfort (1761–1842)

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Mary Taylour, Viscountess of Headfort, later Countess of Bective and Marchioness of Headfort (1761–1842)
ArtistItalian (Roman), 1708–1787
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Mary Taylour, Viscountess of Headfort, later Countess of Bective and Marchioness of Headfort (1761–1842)
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 × 65 3/16 × 3 1/4 in. (195.6 × 165.6 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1982.2
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, lot 47, bought in]; [William R. Drown, London, 1971]; [Christie’s, London, 1979, lot 168]; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 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, Oregon, September 25, 2010–January 2, 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 footstool: Pompeo de Battoni Roma 1782

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