Allegory of Peace and War

Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Pompeo Batoni: Prince of Painters in Eighteenth-century Rome, October 21, 2007-January 27, 2008, cat. 71; National Gallery, London, February 20-May 18, 2008 [Houston only].

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