The Roman Pantheon by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1734 Metal Print

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The Roman Pantheon by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1734

The original artwork is in Public Domain, Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington. Our work consisted in increasing the resolution of the scans without decreasing the image quality and in proceeding, where necessary, to correct and improve colors and shadows.


The Roman Pantheon is the most preserved and influential building of ancient Rome. It is a Roman temple dedicated to all the gods of pagan Rome. As the brick stamps on the side of the building reveal it was built and dedicated between A.D 118 and 125.
The emperor Hadrian (A.D 117-138) built the Pantheon to replace Augustus’ friend and Commander Marcus Agrippa’s Pantheon of 27 B.C. which burnt to the ground in 80 A.D.
When approaching the front of the Pantheon one can see the inscription above still reads in Latin the original dedication by Marcus Agrippa. The inscription reads:
"M. AGRIPPA.L.F.COSTERTIUM.FECIT”
“Marcus Agrippa son of...

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