Giovanni Paolo Panini or Pannini (1691-1765) was a painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the vedutisti ("view painters").
As a painter, Panini is best known for his vistas of Rome, in which he took a particular interest in the city's antiquities.
Among his most famous works are his view of the interior of the Pantheon (on behalf of Francesco Algarotti), and his vedute - paintings of picture galleries containing views of Rome.