ID 1076500
Lot 41 | GIOVANNI PAOLO PANINI (PIACENZA 1691-1765 ROME)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
A classical capriccio with the Colosseum, Trajan's column and the Farnese Hercules, with the Philosopher Diogenes and other figures in the foreground
oil on canvas
55 ¾ x 49 7⁄16 in. (141.5 x 125.5 cm.)
Provenance
Harry Shaw, Beenham Court, near Newbury; Christie's, London, 11 May 1928, lot 128 (420 gns. to Ellis & Smith).
with Colnaghi, London, from whom acquired by a European Financial Institution, circa 1970.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 1997, lot 178.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 January 2011, lot 38.
with Galerie Eric Coatalem, Maastricht, from whom acquired in March 2011.
Literature
D. Alberge, 'Rubens and Neo-Classical Art' in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, pp. 300-301, illustrated p. 300, fig. 11.
P. Weideger et al., 'Christian Levett - a museum of his own' in Celebrating the best - twenty five years of TEFAF Maastricht, s. l., 2012, p. 66 and p. 69.
M. Merrony, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, La Collection Famille Levett, 2012, p. 91.
C. Whistler, Baroque and Later Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, London, 2016, p. 278, under no. 92.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA101MA).
Artist: | Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691 - 1765) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1691 - 1765) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Old Masters |
Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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