Giovanni Paolo Pannini

Giovanni Paolo Pannini or Panini (Piacenza, June 17 1691 – Rome, October 21 1765) was an Italian painter and architect.

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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.

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In 1719 Pannini was admitted to the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon. He taught in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca and the Acad?mie de France where he influenced Jean-Honor? Fragonard.

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Image:stpetes.JPG|St. Peter's Basilica, from the entrance

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Image:PanniniMusImagin.jpg|Picture gallery with views of ancient Rome (1758)

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Image:Panini, Modern Rome.jpg|Picture gallery with views of modern Rome (1759)

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Piacenza: Piacenza (Pias?insa in the Piacentine dialect) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, of approximately 104,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza....

June 17: June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining....

Rome: Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. It is located on the Tiber and Aniene rivers, near the Mediterranean Sea, at . The Vatican City, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the home of the Pope....

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