Description
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.
Accession Number
147067
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.)
Classification
ink and wash
Credit Line
Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment
