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Francesco Panini (1745-1812)
Veduta della Piazza di S Pietro illuminata dalle Fiaccole c.1770
Etching with watercolour and bodycolour | 55.6 x 85.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 705163.f
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A hand-coloured etching showing a nocturnal view of St Peter's Square in the Vatican, with the Basilica, obelisk and colonnade lit up by fireworks and illuminations. Inscribed in ink on the artist's mount with the title and 'Francesco Panini vende in Roma'
Provenance
Purchased by George IV when Prince of Wales from Colnaghi & Co., 16 December 1799, for £8 8s (Royal Archives GEO/MAIN/27695)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Etching with watercolour and bodycolour
Measurements
55.6 x 85.6 cm (sheet of paper)
