Lot Essay
Arisi (op. cit.) appears to have referred to the first painting twice: once as a copy (with its pendant) and once as by Giovanni Paolo Panini.
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Capriccio Views of Rome: The Temple of Concord, the Arch of Septimus Severus and Trajan's Column; and Hadrian's Temple, an Obelisk and the Colosseum in the distance
Details
Francesco Panini* (1745-1812)
Capriccio Views of Rome: The Temple of Concord, the Arch of Septimus Severus and Trajan's Column; and Hadrian's Temple, an Obelisk and the Colosseum in the distance
oil on canvas
32 x 46in. (82 x 116.8cm.)
A Pair (2)
Capriccio Views of Rome: The Temple of Concord, the Arch of Septimus Severus and Trajan's Column; and Hadrian's Temple, an Obelisk and the Colosseum in the distance
oil on canvas
32 x 46in. (82 x 116.8cm.)
A Pair (2)
Provenance
Thomas Henry Allen Poynder (died 1873), Hartham Park, Wiltshire, and by descent to his nephew
Sir John Dickson Poynder, M.P., later Lord Islington, and by descent to Lady Altrincham, Tormarton Court, Badminton, and by descent until sold, Christie's, London, March 23, 1973, lot 92, as Giovanni Paolo Panini. with Mallett's, London.
Sir John Dickson Poynder, M.P., later Lord Islington, and by descent to Lady Altrincham, Tormarton Court, Badminton, and by descent until sold, Christie's, London, March 23, 1973, lot 92, as Giovanni Paolo Panini. with Mallett's, London.
Literature
F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini, 1986, p. 409, under no. 357, as copies (both paintings) and p. 456, no. 453bis, illustrated, as Giovanni Paolo Panini (the first only, with incorrect provenance).
Sale room notice
Please note the description for the first painting should read:
La Maison Carre de Nmes, the Temple of Minerva Medica, the Column of Marcus Aurelius, the Arch of Septimus Severus and the Temple of Vesta
La Maison Carre de Nmes, the Temple of Minerva Medica, the Column of Marcus Aurelius, the Arch of Septimus Severus and the Temple of Vesta