View of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine

View of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine Panini, Giovanni Paolo Landscapes Vedute Arenas Ampitheaters Triumphial arches Italian artist Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691-1765.) was the first painter to specialize in ruins, treating them as Roman 'vedute' of a very special kind.. Piranesi, though far more of an archaeologist, was influenced by him, and so was Canaletto. Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts 1747 CE Painting Digital image Tiff; JPEG2000 Oil on canvas Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland 18th century; Italian; Baroque Rome, Italy Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts

View of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine

Panini, Giovanni Paolo

Landscapes

Vedute

Arenas

Ampitheaters

Triumphial arches

Italian artist Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691-1765.) was the first painter to specialize in ruins, treating them as Roman 'vedute' of a very special kind.. Piranesi, though far more of an archaeologist, was influenced by him, and so was Canaletto.

Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts

1747 CE

Painting

Digital image

Tiff; JPEG2000

Oil on canvas

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

18th century; Italian; Baroque

Rome, Italy

Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts