Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691–1765), Bottega di - Capricci con rovine architettoniche e artigiani - XL format
Important painting of the Italian school
by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (or Panini; Piacenza, 17 June 1691 – Rome, 21 October 1765) workshop
“ Capricci with architectural ruins and artisans “
_ Oil on canvas, 112 x 89 cm
* Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Panini) or I' Pannini (Piacenza, 17 June 1691 – Rome, 21 October 1765) was an Italian painter, architect and set designer.
As a young man, Pannini studied in Piacenza as a theatre set designer. He went to Rome in 1711 where he studied drawing with Benedetto Luti and became famous as a decorator of palaces, including Villa Patrizi (1718–1725) and Palazzo de Carolis (1720) .
As a painter, Pannini is best known for his views of Rome; he was particularly interested in the city's antiquities. Among his most famous works are the interior of the Pantheon and his "vedute", paintings of picture galleries that in turn contain views of Rome. His canvas Capricco with the Colosseum is preserved in the Museo civico Amedeo Lia in La Spezia.
In 1718 Panini was admitted to the Congregation of the Virtuosi al Pantheon. He taught in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca from 1719 and at the Académie de France from 1732; his teaching was fundamental for Hubert Robert and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
Together with Giacomo Zoboli in 1747 he compiled the inventory of the Sacchetti collection purchased by Pope Benedict XIV to form the initial nucleus of the nascent Capitoline Art Gallery. The Gallery of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga is a painting commissioned from Pannini in 1749. Count Étienne François de Choiseul, French ambassador to the Pope, commissioned these paintings from Pannini: Gallery of views of ancient Rome, Gallery of views of modern Rome, St. Peter's Square and Interior of St. Peter's Basilica. Pannini painted these paintings between 1753 and 1757. He became Prince of the Accademia di San Luca in 1755.
_ Large oil on canvas from the early 18th century
_ Of considerable scenic impact, the painting is an elegant collection of archaeological citations from ancient Rome
112 x 89 cm within a non-contemporary frame
Certified work including Art Historian Expertise
Capriccio is a term coined at the end of the Renaissance and according to the dictionaries has two different meanings with one thing in common. 'Capriccio' was a movement of the soul or more precisely a sudden excitement of the imaginative faculty that gave rise to every variety of mental images but from the pictorial point of view it is undoubted that the genre developed in Rome during the first decades of the 17th century and found inspiration thanks to the ruins of the classical age. If the antecedents are found in the works of Viviano Codazzi and Giovanni Ghisolfi, it is undoubted that it was Giovanni Paolo Pannini who ennobled these peculiar creations, with an extraordinary propensity for landscape and archaeology. The painting presented here is exemplary in this sense, for its evident scenic impact, the cultured citations from the ancient and the chromatic tones suitable for modelling the volumes, according to the best parameters expressed by the artist. Arriving in Rome in 1717, Pannini conceived extraordinary views of the city and sumptuous architectural Capricci, achieving great collectors' success. His qualities are clearly perceptible by observing the variety of attitudes and gestures of the figures, the brightness of the sky and the care in describing the details of the buildings, conducted with exemplary pictorial fluency. In this case, the composition, characterized by bright colors, portrays a "Capriccio with architectural ruins and artisans". Panini was a master in the use of perspective, combining elements of ancient and modern Rome in his views, mixing real monuments and fantastic architecture. The characters that populate the scenes are outlined with sagacity and accuracy, to constitute a fascinating cross-section of eighteenth-century Rome. The work in question can be attributed to a student of his prestigious workshop.
Ideal work for collecting and investment - the work is in good condition with various signs of aging, color losses and imperfections related to time and age. The signs and/or defects present are related to the era and can be restored to your taste with a conservative restoration
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Important painting of the Italian school
by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (or Panini; Piacenza, 17 June 1691 – Rome, 21 October 1765) workshop
“ Capricci with architectural ruins and artisans “
_ Oil on canvas, 112 x 89 cm
* Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Panini) or I' Pannini (Piacenza, 17 June 1691 – Rome, 21 October 1765) was an Italian painter, architect and set designer.
As a young man, Pannini studied in Piacenza as a theatre set designer. He went to Rome in 1711 where he studied drawing with Benedetto Luti and became famous as a decorator of palaces, including Villa Patrizi (1718–1725) and Palazzo de Carolis (1720) .
As a painter, Pannini is best known for his views of Rome; he was particularly interested in the city's antiquities. Among his most famous works are the interior of the Pantheon and his "vedute", paintings of picture galleries that in turn contain views of Rome. His canvas Capricco with the Colosseum is preserved in the Museo civico Amedeo Lia in La Spezia.
In 1718 Panini was admitted to the Congregation of the Virtuosi al Pantheon. He taught in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca from 1719 and at the Académie de France from 1732; his teaching was fundamental for Hubert Robert and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
Together with Giacomo Zoboli in 1747 he compiled the inventory of the Sacchetti collection purchased by Pope Benedict XIV to form the initial nucleus of the nascent Capitoline Art Gallery. The Gallery of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga is a painting commissioned from Pannini in 1749. Count Étienne François de Choiseul, French ambassador to the Pope, commissioned these paintings from Pannini: Gallery of views of ancient Rome, Gallery of views of modern Rome, St. Peter's Square and Interior of St. Peter's Basilica. Pannini painted these paintings between 1753 and 1757. He became Prince of the Accademia di San Luca in 1755.
_ Large oil on canvas from the early 18th century
_ Of considerable scenic impact, the painting is an elegant collection of archaeological citations from ancient Rome
112 x 89 cm within a non-contemporary frame
Certified work including Art Historian Expertise
Capriccio is a term coined at the end of the Renaissance and according to the dictionaries has two different meanings with one thing in common. 'Capriccio' was a movement of the soul or more precisely a sudden excitement of the imaginative faculty that gave rise to every variety of mental images but from the pictorial point of view it is undoubted that the genre developed in Rome during the first decades of the 17th century and found inspiration thanks to the ruins of the classical age. If the antecedents are found in the works of Viviano Codazzi and Giovanni Ghisolfi, it is undoubted that it was Giovanni Paolo Pannini who ennobled these peculiar creations, with an extraordinary propensity for landscape and archaeology. The painting presented here is exemplary in this sense, for its evident scenic impact, the cultured citations from the ancient and the chromatic tones suitable for modelling the volumes, according to the best parameters expressed by the artist. Arriving in Rome in 1717, Pannini conceived extraordinary views of the city and sumptuous architectural Capricci, achieving great collectors' success. His qualities are clearly perceptible by observing the variety of attitudes and gestures of the figures, the brightness of the sky and the care in describing the details of the buildings, conducted with exemplary pictorial fluency. In this case, the composition, characterized by bright colors, portrays a "Capriccio with architectural ruins and artisans". Panini was a master in the use of perspective, combining elements of ancient and modern Rome in his views, mixing real monuments and fantastic architecture. The characters that populate the scenes are outlined with sagacity and accuracy, to constitute a fascinating cross-section of eighteenth-century Rome. The work in question can be attributed to a student of his prestigious workshop.
Ideal work for collecting and investment - the work is in good condition with various signs of aging, color losses and imperfections related to time and age. The signs and/or defects present are related to the era and can be restored to your taste with a conservative restoration
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