King Charles III Visiting Pope Benedict XIV at the Coffee House of the Palazzo del Quirinale, 1746, Giovanni Paolo Panini. Oil on canvas. Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. Photo: Scala/Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali/Art Resource, NY.
Reportage and Representation: Viewing History in Eighteenth-Century Europe
GETTY CENTER
Museum Lecture Hall
On the occasion of the exhibition Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe, this scholarly symposium investigates the artistic framework and historical context of eighteenth-century view paintings recording contemporary events.
