“Philip Metcalfe” Pompeo Batoni, 1766-67, oil on canvas, National Portrait Galle
“Philip Metcalfe” Pompeo Batoni, 1766-67, oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, London. Metcalfe was a patron of the arts and Batoni was a painter specialized in portraits of British sitters on the Grand Tour in Italy. In the nackground we see the Coliseum and Metcalfe wears a very fashionable red coat with gold embroidery. -- source link
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