Explore the Description of this artwork, Portrait of Richard Milles.
The subject of the portrait is most likely the English nobleman Richard Milles. The painting may have been done in Rome, the city where Batoni was active and where Mills stopped during his Grand Tour. The character indicates on a map the Swiss Grisons, where he stopped, while the bust of Marcus Aurelius testifies to his interest in classical culture. A miniature of the painting, made by Batoni himself, is kept in the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge.
Marcus Aurelius Grisons Cambridge Grand Tour Richard Milles