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STUDIO OF GIOVANNI PAOLO PANINI (PIACENZA 1691-1765 Giovanni Paolo Panini and his studio specialized in vedute and capricci of
ROME) Roman ruins. The present painting takes inspiration from a composition
in a Roman private collection. While elements of the invented architecture
An architectural capriccio with the Farnese Hercules
and the figures have been altered, the artist quotes Panini’s depiction of the
oil on canvas Farnese Hercules and the Arch of Janus (see F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e i
40√ x 63æ in. (104 x 162.4 cm.)
fasti della Roma ‘700, Rome, 1968, p. 411, no. 361). When this painting was
$50,000-70,000 offered in 1993, Professor Ferdinando Arisi considered it to be an autograph
work on the basis of a transparency.
PROVENANCE:
(Probably) Thomas King, 5th Baron King (1712-1779), Ockham Hall and by
descent to We are grateful to Professor David R. Marshall for proposing the attribution
William King-Noel, 1st Earl Lovelace, FRS, (1805-1893). on the basis of photographs and for his assistance with the cataloging.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 December 1993, lot 61, as 'Attributed
to Giovanni Paolo Panini,' where acquired by Covent Garden Gallery on behalf
of the present owner.