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Circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1690-1765 Rome) A capriccio with figures resting amongst ruins in a fine swept and pierced giltwood frame image 1
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Circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini
(Piacenza 1690-1765 Rome)
A capriccio with figures resting amongst ruins in a fine swept and pierced giltwood frame

3 July 2024, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1690-1765 Rome)

A capriccio with figures resting amongst ruins
oil on canvas
91.4 x 109.8cm (36 x 43 1/4in).
in a fine swept and pierced giltwood frame

Footnotes

While the composition of the present work is comparable to the Capriccio of Roman ruins with boats (oil on canvas 96.5 x 132 cm.) in the University of Wisconsin-Madison (acc. no. 71.17), which has been given to Hubert Robert, Sarah Catala has suggested that, like the Landscape with a Temple attributed to Hubert Robert in the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk (acc. no. 81.1), along with a group of paintings that had been dispersed by Wildenstein & Co over a number of years, these works are all more reminiscent of Panini. The subject, which would seem to be imaginative rather than based on archaeological Roman ruins, is part of a tradition that can be traced back to such artists as Tintoretto and made particularly popular in the 18th century by Panini, which were intended to represent the Probatica Piscina, or Pool of Bethesda.

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