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Giovanni Paolo Panini

1691 - 1765

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Giovanni Paolo, also known as Gian Paolo Panini or Pannini (17 June 1691 – 21 October 1765), was an Italian Baroque painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the vedutisti ("view painters"). As a painter, Panini is best known for his vistas of Rome, in which he took a particular interest in the city's antiquities. Among his most famous works are his view of the interior of the Pantheon (on behalf of Francesco Algarotti), and his vedute—paintings of picture galleries containing views of Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Paolo Panini has received more than 272,211 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Giovanni Paolo Panini is the 338th most popular painter (down from 326th in 2019), the 1,098th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,060th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Italian Painter.

Giovanni Paolo Panini was an Italian painter, architect and interior designer. He is most famous for his paintings of Rome.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giovanni Paolo Panini ranks 338 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Marc Nattier, Adriaen Brouwer, Léon Bakst, Albert Edelfelt, Claude Joseph Vernet, and Hendrik Goltzius. After him are Palma Vecchio, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Giovanni Segantini, Lucio Fontana, John Singer Sargent, and Richard Serra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1691, Giovanni Paolo Panini ranks 3. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Philip Miller. After him are Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Mir Jafar, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Francesco Feo, Edward Cave, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Alessandro Galilei, and George Lillo. Among people deceased in 1765, Giovanni Paolo Panini ranks 7. Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis, Dauphin of France, Mikhail Lomonosov, Muhammad bin Saud, Philip, Duke of Parma, and Alexis Clairaut. After him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Charles-André van Loo, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, and Mir Jafar.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Paolo Panini ranks 1,098 out of 5,161. Before him are Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638), Hippolytus of Rome (170), Marcus Atilius Regulus (-299), Michele Ferrero (1925), Lucius Aelius (101), and Chiara Lubich (1920). After him are Ascanio Sobrero (1812), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788), Pietro Parolin (1955), Ira von Fürstenberg (1940), Palma Vecchio (1480), and Francesco Morosini (1619).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giovanni Paolo Panini ranks 94. Before him are Cosimo Rosselli (1439), Luigi Russolo (1885), Cosimo Tura (1430), Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1488), Francesco Primaticcio (1504), and Ludovico Carracci (1555). After him are Palma Vecchio (1480), Giovanni Segantini (1858), John Singer Sargent (1856), Federico Zuccari (1539), Dosso Dossi (1480), and Domenico Veneziano (1410).

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