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

Art Institute of Chicago

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

Francesco Panini

Date
c. 1770
Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolors with shell gold and pen and black ink, over etching, on ivory laid paper
Culture
Italy
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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.

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Object type
AAT300033973

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