Apostle Paul Preaching on the Ruins by Giovanni Paolo Pannini - The Light And The Truth

Apostle Paul Preaching on the Ruins

Apostle Paul Preaching on the Ruins c1744 by Italian Artist Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691 – 1765); known as an architect and painter of his vistas of Rome, detailing the antiquities of that great city.

A wonderful religious artwork piece depicting the Apostle Paul Administering to people that have congregated by ancient Roman ruins.

Depicted are several men and women as well as a mother who is standing with a baby in her arms.

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Apostle Paul Preaching on the Ruins is a retouched digital art reproduction of a public domain image that is available for purchase as a rolled canvas print online.

Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org

Giovanni Paolo Panini or Giovanni Paolo Pannini was a painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the vedutisti (“view painters”).

As a painter, Pannini 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 1712 – 1764 – A Venetian Polymath), and his vedute paintings of picture galleries containing views of Rome.

Most of his works, especially those of ruins, have a fanciful and unreal embellishment characteristic of capriccio themes. In this they resemble the capricci of Italian Painter and Printmaker Marco Ricci (1676 – 1730).

Panini also painted portraits, including one of Pope Benedict XIV (born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini 1675 – 1758 – Head of the Catholic Church from 1740 – 1758).

In Rome, Panini earned a name for himself as a decorator of palaces. Some of his works included the Villa Patrizi c1719/25, the Palazzo de Carolis c1720, and the Seminario Romano c1721/22).

In 1719, Panini was admitted to the Congregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon. He taught in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca and the Académie de France, where he is said to have influenced Jean-Honoré Fragonard. In 1754, he served as the prince (director) of the Accademia di San Luca.