Allegory of Peace and War by Pompeo Batoni 1776

"Pompeo Batoni's grand portraits and numerous religious and historical commissions established him as the leading Roman painter of his day. He painted "Allegory of Peace and War" on his own initiative, without a commission, attracting much critical praise for the work's graceful invention. It combines elements of Rococo softness and eroticism with the newly fashionable Neoclassical style. War, represented by the God Mars, is restrained by a personification of peace, who bears an olive branch."

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Allegory of Peace and War by Pompeo Batoni 1776. Art Institute of Chicago.

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