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Studio of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome)
Lot 78 PROPERTY OF A SOUTH FLORIDA COLLECTOR

Studio of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome)

A capriccio of classical ruins with the pronaos of the Porticus Octaviae, the Colosseum, the Arch of Drusus, the Arch of Constantine, the Column of Trajan and the Farnese Hercules

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Studio of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome)
A capriccio of classical ruins with the pronaos of the Porticus Octaviae, the Colosseum, the Arch of Drusus, the Arch of Constantine, the Column of Trajan and the Farnese Hercules
oil on canvas
31¾ x 43½ in. (80.5 x 110.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 January 1993, lot 135, as 'Attributed to Gian Paolo Panini', where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This composition was developed from a Capriccio with Belisarius by Panini, formerly with the Paul Drey Gallery (see F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e i fasti della Roma del '700, Rome, 1986, p. 455, no. 451), and refined in a painting sold at Christie's, Rome, 15 October 1970, lot 124 (ibid., p. 456, no. 453). In the present composition, the Arch of Drusus has replaced the Pyramid of Caius Cestus.