Giovanni Paolo Panini

Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 477

Literature
Peter Björn Kerber, Eyewitness views, Los Angeles, 2017, fig. 68

Provenance

Possibly Étienne-François, duc de Choiseul (1719-1785), Château de Chanteloup, Touraine and/or Paris
sale, Paris, 12 December 1787, nr. 101
possibly Hubert Robert (1733-1808), Paris
his wife, Anne-Gabrielle Soos (1745-1821), Paris
sale, Paris, 16-17 November 1821, nr. 55
William Lowther, 2d earl of Lonsdale (1787-1872), London
sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 June 1887, nr. 912
Algernon George De Vere, 8th earl of Essex (1884-1966), Cassiobury, Hertfordshire
sale, Knight, Frank & Rutley, London, 6 July 1923, nr. 257
with Sackville Gallery, London, 1924
with Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Rome and Florence
his heirs. M. Friedenberg
sold 28 November 1967 to Thomas Agnew & Sons, London
purchased 1968 by NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1968.13.2

Other works by Giovanni Paolo Panini

Ancient Rome
1758

The Musical Performance in the Teatro Argentina in Honor of the Marriage of the Dauphin
1747

Ruins with Scene of the Apostle Paul Preaching
1744

The Leap of Marcus Curtius
c. 1730

The Preparations to Celebrate the Birth of the Dauphin of France in Piazza Navona
1729