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

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Artist Pompeo Batoni (Italian (Roman), 1708–1787)Italian (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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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

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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