LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

46.85 in. (119.00 cm.) (height) by 38.74 in. (98.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials and dated at the foot of the column lower right: I.P.P. 1732

Literature:

H. Olsen, Italian Paintings and Sculptures in Denmark, Copenhagen 1960, p. 20;. F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini, Piacenza 1961, p. 145, cat. no. 92, reproduced fig. 145 (with incorrect provenance and as dated 1734);. E. Brunetti, 'Il Panini e la monografia di F. Arisi', in Arte Antica e Moderna, XXVI, April-June 1964, p. 182;. Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's & Parke-Bernet 1968-1969, London, p. 80, illustrated in color;. F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e i fasti della Roma del '700, Rome 1986, p. 340, cat. no. 219 reproduced (with incorrect provenance and as dated 1734);. F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini, Soncino 1991, p. 86 under cat. n° 25; . F. Arisi, Giovanni Paolo Panini 1691-1765, exhibition catalogue, Piacenza , Palazzo Gotico, 15 March-16 May 1993, p. 38;. E. P. Bowron et al. , Italian Paintings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue, Washington 1996, p. 193, note 9;. Christie's Review 1999-2000, London 2000, p. 112, illustrated;. ‘Rapporto dipinti antichi’ in Giornale dell'Arte, n° 187, April 2000, p. 23 illustrated.

Provenance:

Perry B. Cott, Chief Curator of the National Gallery, Washington, 1956-69;. With Agnew's, London, by 1972;. With Wildenstein, New York;. From whom acquired by a private collector in 1973;. By whom anonymously sold, London, Christie's, 9 July 1999, lot 79, where acquired by the present owner.