Figures in Classical Ruins
Giovanni Paolo Panini · Italian
Date: 1691–1765
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: 8 7/8 in. × 13 in. (22.5 × 33 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Themes: Arches, Columns, Human Figures, Ruins
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Date range
1691 – 1765
Largest dimension
33.0 cm
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