DETAILS
- Artist
- Giovanni Paolo Panini
- Date
- 1691
- Medium
- Pale brown wash, over graphite
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- 8 1/2 x 4 3/16in. (21.6 x 10.6cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
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THE ARTIST
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Giovanni Paolo Panini captured the grandeur of ancient and contemporary Rome, often blending real vistas with imaginative ruins.
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