Painting of the Italian artist Pompeo Batoni “Portrait of Thomas William Coke.” The size of the portrait is 170 x 121 cm, canvas, oil. A magnificent silk suit, trimmed with lace and bows, is completed by a fur cape – such is the exquisite outfit of the man depicted on this portrait of the Pompeo Batoni brush.
The statue of Venus, the colonnade, the fragment of the pediment let the viewer understand that Rome is the backdrop. Thomas Coke personified himself as a noble gentleman of the eighteenth century, after completing his education, embarking on a traditional great journey through the European continent.
Batoni himself was one of the most distinguished and prosperous artists of the Roman school of the 18th century, and among his customers there were many prominent foreigners. Most of all, Batoni is known for his smoothly painted portraits of popes, monarchs and the British aristocracy. The house of painter Pompeo Batoni was a place of aesthetic and political discussions.
Portrait de Thomas William Coke – Pompeo Batoni 
Retrato de Thomas William Coca Cola – Pompeo Batoni 
Portrait of Cardinal Jean-François de Rozheshuar by Pompeo Batoni 
Portrait of Baroness Lady Mary Fox by Pompeo Batoni 
Portrait of the Marquis of John Montermer by Pompeo Batoni 
Portrait of Sir Gregory Page-Turner by Pompeo Batoni 
Portrait of Princess Hyacinth Orsini by Pompeo Batoni 
Portrait of Charles Crowle by Pompeo Batoni