CIRCE ENTERTAINS ODYSSUS AT A BANQUET. By Ronnie Koenig BIG COLUMNS ON EACH SIDE GRACE THE INSIDE WALKWAY, INTERCHANGING
WITH STATUES IN NICHES, STATUES ON THE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE GIVE IT A GRAND ENTRACE TO THE
PALACE. A CONNECTED BRIDGE LEADING TO THE PORTICO AND ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE HAS A
ORNAMENTAL RAILING ON TOP, WHICH IS USED AS A TERRACE. SMALL COLORFUL PEOPLE FROLICKING ON
IT. STROLLING OVER THE BRIDGE YOU PASS A LARGE FOUNTAIN. ANOTHER FOUNTAIN IS IN THE RIGHT
FOREGROUND. THE PALACE SLIGHTLY SET BACK ON THE RIGHT FEATURED A HIGH DOME , WITH
BALCONIES ON THE WINDOWS. GIOVANNINI PANNINI WAS A RENOWED PAINTER OF ROMAN ARCHITECTURE AND
RUINS, OFTEN WITH BIBLICAL OR MYTHOLOGICAL SCENES INDICATED BY SMALL VIVACIOUS FIGURES. HE
LOVED TO PAINT ITALIAN ELITES ENJOYING THEMSELVES IN GRAND CLASSICAL SETTINGS , CELEBRATED
IN OPEN AIR WITH A BACKDROP OF ORNATE AND WELLKEPT COLUMNS AND ARCADES, MIXING CLASSICAL
AND BAROQUE STYLES. IN THE LATE 1720 CARDINAL DE POLIGNAC , THEN PANNINIS PATRON, HELD
A FETE IN HONOR OF TIHE BIRTH OF THE FRENCH DAUPHIN, SON OF LOUIS XV. PANNINI RECORDED
THIS ENTERTAINMENT IN A PAINTING OF 1729 . LOUVRE IN PARIS, THESE WORKS PARTICULARLY , AND
HIS MARRIAGE TO A FRENCH WOMAN, ESTABLISHED A CLOSE CONNECTION WITH FRANCE , AND IN 1732
HE WAS ELECTED TO THE ACADIMIE ROYALE DE PEINTURE ET DE SCUPTURE IN PARIS. PANNINI PAINTED WITH EXTEME ARCHITECTURAL ACCURACY , VIVID COLORING ANDA NOTABLE BRILLIANCE AND CLARITY OF ATMOSPHERIC EFFECT. HE LIKED TO ENLIVEN AND ANIMATE BY ADDING NUMEROUS FIGURES. HE WAS NOT ONLY A PAINTER BUT HAD MANY INTERESTS. HE DESIGNED THE CHAPEL OF ST TERESA IN S MARIA DELLA SCALA IN ROME. PROVIDED DRAWINGS OF DESIGNS FOR CARVINGS AND ECCLESIASTICAL FURNISHINGS, HE WAS ONE OF A PANEL OF A PANEL OF JUDGES FOR THE COMPETITION TO DESIGN THE FACADE OF S GIOVANNI IN LATERANO . HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMIE DE FRANCE AND ASSIGNED TO TEACH.
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