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

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Artist Pompeo BatoniItalian (Roman), 1708–1787

CultureItalian

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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

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

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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]; purchased by [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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