Interior View of the Church of St. Peter's in the Vatican

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c. 1770

Francesco Panini
Italian, 1738-1800

Son of the renowned painter of interiors Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco worked with the etcher Giovanni Volpato to create monumental prints of his father’s painted views of the inside of Saint Peter’s, which he then deftly enhanced with watercolor, and in this case, with gilding.

Status: On View, Gallery 127A
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Francesco Panini
Title: Interior View of the Church of St. Peter's in the Vatican
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1765–1775
Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolors with shell gold and pen and black ink, over etching, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 58 × 88.5 cm (22 7/8 × 34 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment
Reference Number: 1997.309
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