Lot Essay
Another View of Tivoli of very similar dimensions was sold at Christie's, London, 16 July 1971, lot 30, as 'C. Vernet'. The Arch of Titus in the capriccio may be derived from a composition by Gian Paolo Panini in a private collection (illustrated in F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e i fasti della Roma dell '700, Rome, 1986, p. 253, no. 69).