Giovanni Paolo Panini belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Giovanni Paolo Panini as Italian painter and architect (1691–1765).
Giovanni Paolo Panini was born at Piacenza in 1691.
Patronage, the guild system and a new open art market shaped what could be painted and for whom.
He worked as painter, architect and scenographer.
His recorded movement is baroque.
Among his best-known works are Modern Rome (series of 4), Ancient Rome (series of 4) and Roman Capriccio: The Pantheon and Other Monuments. Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
Giovanni Paolo Panini died in 1765, aged 74. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Modern Rome (series of 4)
- Notable work: Ancient Rome (series of 4)
- Notable work: Roman Capriccio: The Pantheon and Other Monuments
- Notable work: Interior of the Pantheon, Rome
- Movement: Baroque
