Who created "Ancient Rome"?

Ancient Rome was created by Giovanni Paolo Panini in 1757.

Is "Ancient Rome" in the public domain?

Yes, Ancient Rome is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Ancient Rome

Giovanni Paolo Panini

1757

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

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

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gwynne Andrews Fund, 1952

Accession Number

52.63.1

Tags

SculptureMonumentsInteriorsMen

Art Historical Context

Giovanni Paolo Panini’s *Ancient Rome* (1757) is a captivating oil-on-canvas masterpiece, measuring an impressive 67 3/4 x 90 1/2 inches, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s European Paintings department. This grand work transports viewers into an imagined interior gallery brimming with ancient Roman sculptures and monuments—themes echoed in its tags of Sculpture, Monuments, Interiors, and Men. Panini, a leading 18th-century Italian vedutista (view painter), masterfully blends real antiquities like the Laocoön and Apollo Belvedere into a fantastical architectural space, creating a "...

About the Artist

Giovanni Paolo Panini · 1691–1765

Italian painter, Rome. Comment on works: Ruins; Religious; History

Ancient Rome

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