Seen from a slightly elevated point, a view across St. Peter's Square towards the church with colonnades on both sides. In the foreground and across the square spectators who are watching the lengthy procession of the carriages of the French ambassador leaving St. Peter's, snaking across the square towards the righthand lower corner of the painting. More information: https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/866232
Giovanni Paolo Panini, The departure of the Duc de Choiseul on St Peter’s Square in Rome, (1754-1757). Collection: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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