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Cardinal Melchior de Polignac visiting St. Peter's in Rome by Giovanni Paolo Pannini

Cardinal Melchior de Polignac visiting St. Peter's in Rome by Giovanni Paolo Pannini

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The artwork

 

 The painting Cardinal Melchior de Polignac visiting St. Peter’s in Rome by Giovanni Paolo Pannini depicts the arrival of the French cardinal Melchior de Polignac—diplomat, and academic—inside St. Peter’s Basilica, the heart of Christianity and a symbol of papal Rome.

Pannini carefully reconstructs the basilica’s majestic interior: the imposing naves, colossal columns, and Michelangelo’s dome form the backdrop of the scene. The presence of the cardinal, surrounded by attendants and onlookers, highlights the political and cultural relations between France and the Papal States during an age marked by intense diplomatic exchanges. The work stands as a testimony to eighteenth-century diplomatic life, in which religion and politics were closely intertwined within the symbolic spaces of Roman power.

Unique quality material

Print on handmade Amalfi paper with frame
Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm
With frame: 30 x 40 cm
Material: Printed on high-quality handmade Amalfi paper with frayed edges.
Frame: Light brown beech wood and handmade wood pulp.

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