A capriccio with the Temple of Vesta, the Arch of Constantine, an obelisk, the Dioscuri and figures resting on ruins in the foreground

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Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome)
A capriccio with the Temple of Vesta, the Arch of Constantine, an obelisk, the Dioscuri and figures resting on ruins in the foreground
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, on an 18th Century French mount
8 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (206 x 302 mm.)

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Lot Essay

Close in composition to a drawing depicting the same view in the Louvre, although slightly extended to the right and with variations in the figures (M. Kiene, Panini, exhib. cat., Paris, Musée du Louvre, and elsewhere, 1993, no. 45). The Louvre drawing, from Mariette's collection, has been dated to the last decade of Panini's life.

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