Giovanni Paolo Panini
A view of the Colosseum and the arch of Constantine, with the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius in the distance; and A view of the Roman Forum with the Borghese Vase
Lot Closed
December 16, 02:58 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Workshop of Giovanni Paolo Panini
Piacenza 1691 - 1765 Rome
A view of the Colosseum and the arch of Constantine, with the Pyramind of Gaius Cestius in the distance; and A view of the Roman Forum with the Borghese Vase
a pair, both oil on canvas
unframed: each 73.7 x 99 cm.; 29 x 39 in.;
framed: each 91 x 116.3 cm.; 35⅝ x 45¾ in.
(2)
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 14 October 1983, lot 234 (as attributed to Giovanni Paolo Panini);
With Roy Miles Fine Paintings, London, by September 1984;
Mrs C.W. McAlpin, London.
The prime versions of both paintings are in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.1
1 http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/10400/landscape-with-the-colosseum-and-arch-of-constantine-rome?ctx=b156f3de-d04a-4089-be22-8b2d35d61b2a&idx=1; http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/10411/the-roman-forum?ctx=b156f3de-d04a-4089-be22-8b2d35d61b2a&idx=2