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Artists›Giovanni Paolo Panini

Giovanni Paolo Panini

Italian, 1691–1765

WA-00023322

Piacenza

PaintingBaroque

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WikidataQ286670

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About

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Giovanni Paolo Panini was an Italian painter and architect renowned for his vedute, or architectural views, of Rome rendered with theatrical precision and luminous atmosphere. Working in the 18th century, he specialized in capricci, imaginative compositions combining real and invented monuments, and documentary records of papal ceremonies and antiquities. His meticulous oil paintings on canvas established the aesthetic vocabulary for the Grand Tour market and influenced vedutisti across Europe. Panini also served as professor of perspective at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, systematizing the mathematical principles underlying his compositions.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (19)

Roma Antica

1757 · Pen and black ink, watercolor, and brush and gray wash, heightened with touches of white gouache, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card

44.3 × 69.6 cm (17 1/2 × 27 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Ancient Rome

1757 · Oil on canvas

67 3/4 x 90 1/2 in. (172.1 x 229.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Modern Rome

1757 · Oil on canvas

67 3/4 x 91 3/4 in. (172.1 x 233 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome

1754 · Oil on canvas

29 1/8 x 39 1/4 in. (74 x 99.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio

1743 · Pen and black ink, watercolor, over graphite; framing lines in pen and black ink at left, right, and upper margins

13 3/8 x 21 7/16in. (34 x 54.5cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti

1740 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, watercolor, over graphite

13-11/16 x 11-9/16 in. (34.8 x 29.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome

1734 · oil on canvas

overall: 128 x 99 cm (50 3/8 x 39 in.) framed: 144.1 x 114.3 cm (56 3/4 x 45 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Saint Paul Preaching in Athens

1733 · Pen and brown ink, brush and pale gray wash, over graphite

15 5/16 x 10 15/16in. (38.9 x 27.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Festival in Piazza Navona

1729 · Oil on canvas

26.8 × 45 cm (10 9/16 × 17 3/4 in.); Framed: 35.6 × 53.7 × 7 cm (14 × 21 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Ruins, with a Statue on the Left

1725 · Pen and brown ink, gray, brown, blue, green and yellow washes

7 1/2 x 10 7/16 in. (19 x 26.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marcus Curtius Leaping into the Chasm

1713 · Pen and brown ink and iron-gall ink, brush and black and gray ink, and black chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laminate card

27.4 × 41.8 cm (10 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Studies of Male Figures

1711 · Graphite with touches of black chalk, on cream laid paper

26.1 × 19 cm (10 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Roman Ruins and Two Figures

1711 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, on tan laid paper

11.7 × 10 cm (4 5/8 × 3 15/16 in.)

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Saint Paul Preaching in Athens

1691 · pen and black and gray ink with gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on tan prepared paper

sheet: 41.3 x 27.7 cm (16 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Design for the Decoration of a Palace Interior

1691 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

11 x 20-1/4 in. (27.9 x 51.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ruins of a Basilica or Mausoleum

1691 · Pen and ink, brush and brown and gray wash

12 3/16 x 8 1/8in. (31 x 20.6cm)

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Man Shading His Face with a Tricorne

1691 · Pale brown wash, over graphite

8 1/2 x 4 3/16in. (21.6 x 10.6cm)

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Figures in Classical Ruins

1691 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk

8 7/8 in. × 13 in. (22.5 × 33 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketches of Corinthian Capitals

1600 · Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper

28.1 × 19.7 cm (11 1/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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19 published of 19 catalogued · 8 with image

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11 published
Art Institute Chicago
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Baroque

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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