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A work made of transparent and opaque watercolors with shell gold and pen and black ink, over etching, on ivory laid paper.

Interior View of the Church of St. Peter's in the Vatican

c. 1770

Francesco Panini Italian, 1738-1800

Italy

Son of the renowned painter of interiors Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco worked with the etcher Giovanni Volpato to create monumental prints of his father’s painted views of the inside of Saint Peter’s, which he then deftly enhanced with watercolor, and in this case, with gilding.

Transparent and opaque watercolors with shell gold and pen and black ink, over etching, on ivory laid paper

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