THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
GIOVANNI PAOLO PANINI* (1691/2-1765)

Details
GIOVANNI PAOLO PANINI* (1691/2-1765)

The Roman Forum and the Campidoglio seen from the Arch of Constantine, with the Basilica Emiliana, the columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Saturn and Vespasian, the Arch of Septimius Severus, Santa Maria Aracoeli, and the dome of SS. Luca and Martina

signed with initials and dated 'I.P.P. 1751'--oil on canvas
22¾ x 37in. (57.8 x 94cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Vienna
Anon. sale (The Property of a Lady), Sotheby's, London, March 26, 1969, lot 37 (#27,000 to Speelman)
Literature
H. Leporini, Austellung Italienischer Barockmalerie in Wien, Pantheon, 1937, XX, 7, July, pp. 213 and 215, illustrated
G. Delogu, Pitture Italiane del '600 e del '700 a Vienna, L'Arte, XL, July 1937, p. 231, fig. 6 G. Delogu, Novità Panniniane, Strenna (Piacentina), XVI, 1938, p. 142
G. Briganti, N. di Carpegna et. al., I. Settecento a Roma, 1959, p. 164
F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini, 1961, p. 202, no. 224, fig. 279, noting 'Anticipano visioni affini di Corot per freschezza di tocco e resa atmosferica'
Burlington Magazine, March, 1969, Advertisement
F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e i fasti della Roma de '700, 1986, p. 442, no. 425, illustrated
Exhibited
Vienna, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Italienische Barockmalerie, May 14-June 15, 1937, no. 100, pl. 18