Made by Giovanni Paolo Pannini / View of the 'Spanish Steps,' Rome / ca. 1756-58Made by Giovanni Paolo Pannini
View of the 'Spanish Steps,' Rome
ca. 1756-58

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Creator Name: Panini, Giovanni Paolo
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: Italian, 1691/92 - 1765
Creator Name-CRT: Made by Giovanni Paolo Pannini
Title: View of the 'Spanish Steps,' Rome
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1756
Creation End Date: 1758
Creation Date: ca. 1756-58
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: Pen and black ink; brush and gray wash; and watercolor over graphite; lined
Dimensions: 13-11/16 x 11-9/16 in. (34.8 x 29.4 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 1971.63.1
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1971
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

This watercolor seems to have been intended as an artistic end in itself, since it is not a study for a known painting. Panini did use the composition, however, in a series of pairs of paintings executed between 1756 and 1758, representing picture galleries crowded with many views of either ancient or modern Rome. In the 'Roma Moderna' of the first pair, which was commissioned by the Duke of Choiseul and is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Scalinata is seen from the same perspective as in this drawing. The 'Roma Moderna' of the second pair, which is also in the Metropolitan Museum (52.63.2), includes the Scalinata as well, on the floor to the left of the Duke, just as it is in the Boston painting. In the third set, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, the Scalinata is high on the wall to the right.


AMICA ID: MMA_.1971.63.1
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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