Panini, Giovanni Paolo
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Italian Neoclassical Painter, ca.1691-1765
Italian painter, architect and stage designer. He was a highly prolific and versatile painter, best known for his numerous vedute of Rome, many of which focused on the remnants of the city's Classical past. Ceremonies and festivals often feature in his vedute, which thus constitute a lively documentation of contemporary topography, lifestyle and customs. In contrast to Bernardo Bellotto and Gaspar van Wittel, his treatment is picturesque rather than rigorous; he liked to enliven and animate his views by adding numerous figures. He worked exclusively in Rome and by the end of his career was the head of a thriving workshop that included the Frenchman Hubert Robert (in Rome from 1754) and Panini's son Francesco Panini (b 1738). |
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Roman Ruins with Figures new5/Panini, Giovanni Paolo-334365.jpg Painting ID:: 19755
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1730
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London. |
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Giovanni Paolo Pannini
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1691-1765
Italian
Giovanni Paolo Pannini Galleries
Italian painter. After gaining fame for his fresco painting, he specialized in Roman topography and became the foremost artist in that field in the 18th century. His real and imaginary views of ancient Roman ruins embody precise observation and tender nostalgia and combine elements of late classical Baroque art with incipient Romanticism. His work was popular both with tourists and his peers: he was admitted to the Acad??mie Française in 1732 and became its professor of perspective. |
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Roman Ruins with Figures new16/Giovanni Paolo Pannini-824587.jpg Painting ID:: 43282
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mk170
circa 1730
Oil on canvas
49.5x63.5cm
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