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Giovanni Panini

Born: Piacenza, Italy, 17 June 1691
Died: Rome, 21 October 1765
Nationality: Italian
Studies: 

stage design, painting

Career: 

1711 – moves to Rome

1717 – focuses on city view (vedute) paintings

1719 – becomes member of and professor at Academy of St Luke (Rome)

1732 –becomes member of and professor at French Academy in Rome

Commissions from: 

Pope Innocent XIII

Important Artworks: 

Interior of St Peter’s, 1731 (several versions, including at St Louis Art Museum)

The Roman Forum, 1735 (Detroit Institute of Art)