Ancient Rome (painting)
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| - | '''Giovanni Paolo Pannini''' or '''Panini''' (17 June 1691 – 21 October 1765) was an [[Italy|Italian]] painter and [[architect]], mainly known as one of the ''[[veduta|vedutisti]]'' ("view painters"). His best-known work is ''[[Ancient Rome (painting)|Ancient Rome]]''. | + | [[File:Panini, Ancient Rome.jpg|thumb|Right|''Ancient Rome'', 1757, by Giovannni Paolo Panini]] |
| - | + | '''''Ancient Rome''''' is an [[Oil painting|oil on canvas]] painting by [[Giovanni Paolo Panini]]. Panini painted the piece as a [[pendant painting]] to ''[[Modern Rome (painting)|Modern Rome]]'' for the [[Count de Stainville]] in 1757. The painting depicts many of the most significant architectural sites and sculptures from [[Ancient Rome]], such as the [[Colosseum]], the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]], ''[[Laocoön and His Sons]]'', and ''[[Farnese Hercules]]''. Both Panini and Panini's patron the Count de Stainville make an appearance in the work. Panini sits in the armchair and the Count de Stainville stands holding a guidebook. | |
| - | As a young man, Pannini trained in his native town of [[Piacenza]], under Giuseppe Natali and Andrea Galluzzi, and later the stage designer Francesco Galli-Bibiena. In 1711, he moved to [[Rome]], where he studied drawing with [[Benedetto Luti]] and became famous as a decorator of palaces, including the [[Villa]] [[Patrizi]] (1719–1725), the [[Palazzo de Carolis]] (1720), and the [[Seminario Romano]] (1721–1722). In 1719, Pannini was admitted to the ''Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon''. He taught in Rome at the ''[[Accademia di San Luca]]'' and the ''Académie de France'', where he influenced [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]]. In 1754, he served as the principal of the ''Accademia di San Luca''. Pannini died in Rome on 21 October 1765. | + | |
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| - | As a painter, Pannini is best known for his vistas of Rome, in which he took a particular interest in the city's antiquities. Among his most famous works are the interior of the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]], and his ''vedute''—paintings of picture galleries containing views of Rome. Most of his works, specially those of ruins have a substantial fanciful and unreal embellishment characteristic of ''[[capriccio (painting)|capriccio]]'' themes. Pannini also painted portraits, including one for [[Pope Benedict XIV]]. | + | |
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| - | Panini's studio included [[Hubert Robert]] and his son [[Francesco Panini]]. His style would influence a number of other vedutisti, such as his pupil [[Antonio Joli]], as well as [[Canaletto]] and [[Bernardo Bellotto]], who sought to appease the need by visitors for painted "postcards" depicting the Italian environs. | + | |
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thumb|Right|Ancient Rome, 1757, by Giovannni Paolo Panini
Ancient Rome is an oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Paolo Panini. Panini painted the piece as a pendant painting to Modern Rome for the Count de Stainville in 1757. The painting depicts many of the most significant architectural sites and sculptures from Ancient Rome, such as the Colosseum, the Pantheon, Laocoön and His Sons, and Farnese Hercules. Both Panini and Panini's patron the Count de Stainville make an appearance in the work. Panini sits in the armchair and the Count de Stainville stands holding a guidebook.
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