Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome
Giovanni Paolo Pannini
c. 1754
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 154.5 x 197 cm (60 13/16 x 77 9/16 in.) framed: 179.1 x 222.3 x 8.3 cm (70 1/2 x 87 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-B
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1968.13.2
About the Artist
Giovanni Paolo Pannini
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691–1765) was born in Piacenza, Italy, where he received his early artistic training under the painters Giuseppe Natali and Andrea Galluzzi, as well as the renowned stage designer Francesco Galli-Bibiena. In 1711, at age 20, he moved to Rome, the eternal city that would define his career, and studied drawing under Benedetto Luti while establishing himself as a fresco decora...