Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Property from an Important Swiss Private Collection
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Rome, a capriccio view of the Colosseum, Trajan's Column, the statue of Marcus Aurelius, and the Arch of Constantine
Auction Closed
December 6, 06:47 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Swiss Private Collection
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Piacenza 1691–1765 Rome
Rome, a capriccio view of the Colosseum, Trajan's Column, the statue of Marcus Aurelius, and the Arch of Constantine
signed and dated lower left: I.P.P. 17[... 38?]
oil on canvas
unframed: 100 x 136 cm.; 39⅜ x 53½ in.
framed: 130 x 165 cm.; 51¼ x 65 in.
M. Marin;
His sale, Paris, Lebrun & Saubert, 22 March 1790, lot 12, for 401 livres to Le Vachez;
Charles-François-Gabriel Levachez (act. 1760–1820), engraver;
Probably Alexandre Pau de Saint-Martin (1751–1820), painter;
Probably his sale, Paris, Paillet & Bénard, 2 October 1820, lot 42, for 150 francs, or possibly unsold, to Paillet (as including the Arch of Septimius Severus, rather than Constantine);
Possibly Charles Paillet (1780–1848);
Private collection, France;
Whence acquired in 1998.
Paris, Salon des Beaux-Arts, September 1997.