Giovanni Paolo Panini - Architectural capriccio with a preacher in Roman ruins

Title: Architectural capriccio with a preacher in Roman ruins
Artist: Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765)
Date: c.1740s
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 134x97 cm

Panini is known for his “improved” vistas of Rome, in which he would bring together the city’s antiquities and monuments, such as the Colosseum or the Pantheon. He produced very many paintings which he exported well, triggering a renewed interest in Ancient Rome.