Antique Etching Of St. Peter's Basilica By Francesco Panini (1745-1812)

33" x 24". Central crease and more, see pictures.

Fran.co Panini delin. F. Polanzani inc.
Data in luce nella Calcografia nella Rev. Camera Apos.ca presso la Curia Innocenziana l'Anno 1765.
Engraving. 480 x 720mm (19 x 28¼"), with very large margins.

A fine large plate, looking across St Peter's piazza towards the basilica. The artist, Francesco Pannini (brother of Guiseppe Pannini who completed the Trevi Fountain), specialized in making preparatory drawings for etchings of architectural subjects. The engraver, Francesco Polanzani, is best known for his portrait of Piranesi for Piranesi's 'Antichita Romane'.

One of the 37 plates in the series devoted to Views of the four main monuments and basilicas of Rome in the 18th century.

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