Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765)

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Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765)

A Woman carrying a Bucket and other Figures in a ruined Portico with a Sarcophagus, a Statue of a Lion and the Belvedere Torso

signed with initials 'I.P.P.'; black chalk, pen and grey ink, grey and blue wash
356 x 244mm.

Provenance

P.J. Mariette (L. 1852), his characteristic mount with inscription 'Ioan. Paul Pannini'; Basan, 15 November 1775-30 January 1776, part of lot 569 ('Une Galerie antique dans le style des/villes Adriennes; sur le devant se voient un bas-relief & le torse-antique')

Lot Essay

Mariette was a keen collector of Panini drawings, and 34 studies by him were in his sale of 1775. Correspondence between Natoire, director of the French Academy, and Marigny from the period 1759 to 1762 record that a large number of Panini drawings were sent to Mariette

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