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| Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome |
Artist:Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, Piacenza 1691–1765 Rome)
Date:after 1754
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:29 1/8 x 39 1/4 in. (74 x 99.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Purchase, 1871
Accession Number:71.31
Saint Peter's was an obligatory stop for both pilgrims and tourists to Rome. Panini made numerous versions of this view, updating them in accordance with additions and alterations to the basilica. The earliest version is a large canvas in the Louvre, Paris, painted in 1730 for the French ambassador, Cardinal Melchior de Polignac. The Met's picture postdates 1754, when the statues of Saint Theresa of Avila and Saint Vincent de Paul in the niches of the first two pilasters on the right were erected.
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