Giovanni Paolo Pannini
Giovanni Paolo Pannini or Panini (Piacenza, June
17, 1691 – Rome, October 21, 1765) was an Italian painter
and architect.
As a young man Pannini trained at Piacenza as a
stage designer. He moved to Rome in 1711 where he studied drawing
with Benedetto Luti, and became famous as a decorator of palaces,
including the Villa Patrizi (1718–1725) and the Palazzo de
Carolis (1720) As a painter, Pannini is best known for his vistas
of Rome; he took a particular interest in the city's antiquities.
Among his most famous works are the interior of the Pantheon, and
his vedute — paintings of picture galleries containing views
of Rome.In 1719 Pannini was admitted to the Congregazione dei Virtuosi
al Pantheon. He taught in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca and
the Académie de France where he influenced Jean-Honoré
Fragonard.
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