St. Peter’s Square, Rome
Artist: Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, 1691-1765)
Date: 1741
Dimensions:
H: 38 3/4 in. (98.4 cm); W: 53 1/2 in. (135.9 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1971.157
Label Text:This expansive view of the façade and dome of St. Peter’s cathedral in Rome, flanked by the colonnades designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), is one of only a few known exterior views of the church by painter Giovanni Paolo Pannini. Pannini has embellished the space with imaginary ruins in the foreground and with lots of anecdotal details.
Like Canaletto in Venice (see his painting in this gallery), Pannini was the leading painter in Rome of city views, or vedute, during the first half of the 1700s.
Like Canaletto in Venice (see his painting in this gallery), Pannini was the leading painter in Rome of city views, or vedute, during the first half of the 1700s.
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