Giovanni Paolo Panini
'Capriccio' of Classical Ruins, with Figures
About this artwork
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artist:Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691 - 1765) Italian
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title:'Capriccio' of Classical Ruins, with Figures
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pen, black ink and watercolour over black chalk on paper
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measurements:24.50 x 34.60 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy transferred 1910
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accession number:D 963
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Giovanni Paolo Panini
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Panini trained as a painter of architecture and stage scenery in his native Piacenza in northern Italy. After he moved to Rome in 1711 he frequented the drawing academy of the successful figure painter Benedetto Luti. He began his career as a painter of decorative frescoes in Roman palaces and...