BATONI, Pompeo
(b. 1708, Lucca, d. 1787, Roma)

Portrait of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg

1767
Oil on canvas
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig

This noble intellectual had himself depicted leaning against an enormous antique vase he had purchased from Raphael Mengs. Globes, ancient artefacts and books were the attribute of a lifestyle.