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Giovanni Paolo Pannini

The Colosseum
Now On View

Maker

Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Italian, 1691-1765)

Title

The Colosseum

Year

ca. 1750

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Geography

Place Made: Italy

Dimensions

41.3 x 74.6 cm (16 1/4 x 29 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On back:CFM King 59 Fi___Cut___No gloss8015

Signature: Unsigned

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

56.094

Type

  • Paintings

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

In the 1700s, city vistas such as this one-known as vedute (views)-were much in demand as souvenirs of travel and symbols of their owners’ sophistication. The glories of ancient Rome were particularly desirable subjects for those who had taken an educational Grand Tour of Europe. The Colosseum, the largest of Rome’s imperial monuments, was still relatively uncompromised by the modern city that would later surround it. Pannini records the great stadium as an 18th- century tourist might have seen it, set in a bucolic landscape and populated by the occasional shepherd and his flock.

Intermission
Dec 16, 2016 – Jul 02, 2017
From the Reserve I
Paintings of Quality from the Museum's Collection
Apr 09, 1994 – Aug 03, 1994
Italian Painting
Treasures from the Permanent Collection
Apr 06, 1990 – Aug 25, 1990
Italian Art in Celebration of Rhode Island’s Italian Festival; Seven Centuries of Italian Art
CRIA Benefit Exhibition
Apr 12, 1967 – May 21, 1967

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Giovanni Paolo Pannini (Italian, 1691-1765)
The Colosseum, ca. 1750
Oil on canvas
41.3 x 74.6 cm (16 1/4 x 29 3/8 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 56.094

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