Francesco Panini
Italian, 1738-1800
Interior View of the Church of St. Peter's in the Vatican
INV-1470
Francesco Panini
Italian, 1738-1800c. 1770
Interior View of the Church of St. Peter's in the Vatican
Francesco Panini Italian, 1738-1800 →ink and washdrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1770
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment
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.