Ancient Rome is a set of three almost identical paintings by Italian artist Giovanni Paolo Panini,

produced as pendant paintings to Modern Rome for his patron, the comte de Stainville, in the
1750s.[3] The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre in Paris have both
paintings, Ancient Rome and Modern Rome, in their collections. The paintings depict many of the
most significant architectural sites and sculptures from ancient Rome, such as the Colosseum,
the Pantheon, Laocoön and His Sons, the Farnese Hercules, the Apollo Belvedere and the Borghese
Gladiator.[4] Both Panini and Stainville are featured in the paintings; Stainville stands holding a
guidebook, while Panini appears behind Stainville's armchair.[3][4]
The three versions of this painting, in order of creation, are located in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre.

See also[edit]

 Media related to Ancient Rome (Giovanni Paolo Pannini) at Wikimedia Commons

References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691-1765): Roma Antica, um 1754/57". Staats Galerie.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Giovanni Paolo Panini: Gallery of Views of Modern Rome". Louvre.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b "Giovanni Paolo Panini: Modern Rome (52.63.2)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. (October 2006). Retrieved November 28, 2009.
4. ^ Jump up to:a b Art Resource Guide: 18th Century and Early 19th-Century French Art. United States
Academic Decathlon. 2009. p. 25.