Modern Rome by Giovanni Paolo Pannini is one of the artist's most celebrated works, in which the city is celebrated as the capital of Christendom and a cultural centre of the 18th century. Unlike his views of ruins and antiquities, here Pannini depicts the modern monuments of Rome, above all those linked to the papacy and the Baroque, gathered into a single, grandiose ideal composition.
The scene shows famous buildings such as St Peter's Basilica, Piazza Navona, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and other recent architecture, arranged as if in an imaginary gallery. In the foreground appear figures of visitors, prelates, scholars and common people observing and discussing the works, transforming the view into a pictorial catalogue of contemporary Rome.
Unique quality material
Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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