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Giovanni Paolo PANINI (Piacenza 1691 - Rome 1765) View of the Roman Forum from the Capitol Canvas Frame: restorations Height: 67 cm Width: 119 cm Old restorations Provenance : At Galerie François Heim, Paris, in 1958; Collection of Professor René Küss. Exhibition: Il Settecento a Roma, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1959, pp. 163-164, no. 410. Bibliography: A. Burisi Vici, "In relazione all'opera di Bernardo Bellotto", in Antichita viva, XV, 1976, p. 33, n° 5 ; F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e I fasti della Roma del'700, Rome, 1986, n° 155 ; 69, rue Sainte-Anne - 75002 Paris - Tél : 01 47 03 48 78 - FAx : 01 42 60 59 32 - [email protected] - www.turquin.fr Eric Turquin Expertise, S.A.S. with a capital of 550.000 euros - RCS Paris B 382 236 859 - Code APE 741 C - Siret 382 236 859 00015 - VAT : FR 63 382 236 859 F. Arisi, Giovanni Paolo Panini 1691-1765, Milan, 1993, pp. 33-34 ; E. P. Bowron and J.J. Rishel, Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century, Philadelphia, 2000, quoted on p. 420, under n° 268. A certificate dated April 1958, from Professor Giuliano Briganti accompanies our painting. He places our painting in the 1730s, at the beginning of Panini's career. He compares it with the painting (dated 1729) done to commemorate the celebrations organized during the stay of Cardinal de Polignac in Rome. There are other views of Rome similar in style and composition, influenced by Vanvitelli: View of the Spanish Steps (Duke of Wellington's collection) and especially View of the Piazza del Popolo (in the Oxford Museum).
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Giovanni Paolo PANINI (Piacenza 1691 - Rome 1765) View of the Roman Forum from the Capitol Canvas Frame: restorations Height: 67 cm Width: 119 cm Old restorations Provenance : At Galerie François Heim, Paris, in 1958; Collection of Professor René Küss. Exhibition: Il Settecento a Roma, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1959, pp. 163-164, no. 410. Bibliography: A. Burisi Vici, "In relazione all'opera di Bernardo Bellotto", in Antichita viva, XV, 1976, p. 33, n° 5 ; F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e I fasti della Roma del'700, Rome, 1986, n° 155 ; 69, rue Sainte-Anne - 75002 Paris - Tél : 01 47 03 48 78 - FAx : 01 42 60 59 32 - [email protected] - www.turquin.fr Eric Turquin Expertise, S.A.S. with a capital of 550.000 euros - RCS Paris B 382 236 859 - Code APE 741 C - Siret 382 236 859 00015 - VAT : FR 63 382 236 859 F. Arisi, Giovanni Paolo Panini 1691-1765, Milan, 1993, pp. 33-34 ; E. P. Bowron and J.J. Rishel, Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century, Philadelphia, 2000, quoted on p. 420, under n° 268. A certificate dated April 1958, from Professor Giuliano Briganti accompanies our painting. He places our painting in the 1730s, at the beginning of Panini's career. He compares it with the painting (dated 1729) done to commemorate the celebrations organized during the stay of Cardinal de Polignac in Rome. There are other views of Rome similar in style and composition, influenced by Vanvitelli: View of the Spanish Steps (Duke of Wellington's collection) and especially View of the Piazza del Popolo (in the Oxford Museum).
