Interior of the Pantheon by Panini - NGA - Poster

This painting is on display in the National Gallery of Art. It shows around 50 people inside the Pantheon. They are engaged in different activities like admiring the architecture, talking, and praying. They look small compared to the size of the building. Most people stand or kneel in the open space in the middle. Enormous Corinthian columns and statues surround this space. In the middle background is the entrance to the Pantheon and we can identify the Egyptian obelisk in the Piazza della Rotonda in front of the Pantheon. The dome is decorated with sunken square panels (called a coffered ceiling). The light enters through the opening in the dome. You can see the sunlight just to the right of the entrance to the Pantheon. The floor is decorated with squares and circles which are also used to decorate the walls. A more detailed description of this painting can be found at https://www.tripimprover.com/blog/interior-of-the-pantheon-national-gallery-of-art-by-giovanni-paolo-panini.