Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Giovanni Paolo Panini
- Date
- 1757
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 172,1 x 233 cm (67 3/4 x 91 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (object no. 52.63.2)
- Print up to
- 50 × 70 cm
- Reference
- XDV-1890
What the museum label doesn't tell you
That marble hall with Bernini sculptures never existed: it is a stage set. Panini invents an imaginary gallery just to hang, like paintings on its walls, the actual views and monuments of the Rome of his day. It is luxury advertising for the Grand Tour, compressing half a city into a frieze of painted 'postcards.' The seated man in a wig, admiring it all, is the French ambassador who commissioned the piece. He had himself painted gazing at his own souvenir. Has a city ever been flattened into a catalogue quite this openly?
