Portrait of Richard Milles

probably 1760s, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

The sitter has been identified as Richard Milles of Nackington, (about 1735 - 1820), Member of Parliament for nearby Canterbury from 1761-80. Milles probably sat for this portrait when he was in Rome during his Grand Tour. He points to a map inscribed with the place name 'Grisoni', a Swiss Canton which he probably visited on his way to Italy. The classical bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius alludes to the sitter's interest in classical antiquity. Batoni painted a half-length portrait of Milles and a miniature on ivory (the latter in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge). 

The mood of the portrait is one of assurance and ease, created by the artist to dignify the sitter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Milles

Portrait of his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Milles, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1789, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Key facts

Artist

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

Artist dates

1708 - 1787

Full title

Portrait of Richard Milles

Date made

probably 1760s

Medium and support

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

134.6 x 96.3 cm

Acquisition credit

Bought, 1980

Inventory number

NG6459

Location in Gallery

Not on display

National Gallery

The sitter of this portrait by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni has been identified as Richard Milles of Nackington, Member of Parliament for nearby Canterbury from 1761-80. Milles probably sat for this portrait when he was in Rome during his Grand Tour: http://bit.ly/2sXg8tn

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