An Architectural Capriccio of the Roman Forum with Philosophers and Soldiers
by Giovanni Paolo Panini
Title
An Architectural Capriccio of the Roman Forum with Philosophers and Soldiers
Artist
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
An Architectural Capriccio of the Roman Forum with Philosophers and Soldiers among Ancient Ruins, including the Arch of Janus Quadrifrons, the Sarcophagus of Santa Constanza, the Farnese Hercules and the Cincinnatus by Giovanni Paolo Panini, circa 1745-1750.
Giovanni Paolo Panini or Pannini was a painter and architect, who worked in Rome and is mainly known as one of the vedutisti ("view painters"). As a painter, Panini 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 his view of the interior of the Pantheon (on behalf of Francesco Algarotti), and his vedute paintings of picture galleries containing views of Rome. Most of his works, specially those of ruins, have a fanciful and unreal embellishment characteristic of capriccio themes. In this they resemble the capricci of Marco Ricci. Panini also painted portraits, including one of Pope Benedict XIV.
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