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Francesco Panini (1745-1812)
Veduta della Piazza di S Pietro illuminata dalla Luna c. 1770
Etching printed in brown with watercolour and wash | 55.8 x 85.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 705163.d
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An etching, printed in brown and hand coloured, showing a view of St Peter's Square in the Vatican; with the obelisk and colonnade. Inscribed in ink on the artist's mount with the title and 'Si vende in Roma da Francesco Panini'
Provenance
Purchased by George IV when Prince of Wales, from Colnaghi and Co. in 1799 for £8 8s (Royal Archives, GEO/MAIN/27697, 17 December 1799)
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Medium and techniques
Etching printed in brown with watercolour and wash
Measurements
55.8 x 85.9 cm (sheet of paper)
