Gian Paolo Panini
1691 or 1692-1765
Classical Ruins with Figures and Statues of Silenus and the River Nile
14 x 9 3/8 inches (356 x 238 mm)
Pen and gray ink, with gray wash, and blue, green, and brown watercolor, over graphite, on paper.
1982.18:1
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with initials at lower left, in pen and gray ink, "IPP"; in cartouche on mount, in gray ink, "JOAN. PAULI / PANNINI".
Associated names
Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774, former owner.
Harmsworth, Geoffrey, Sir, former owner.
Harmsworth, Geoffrey, Sir, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 286.
Denison, Cara D., with contributions by Stephanie Wiles and Ruth S. Kraemer. Fantasy and Reality : Drawings from the Sunny Crawford von Bulow Collection. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, 34a, repr.
Denison, Cara D., with contributions by Stephanie Wiles and Ruth S. Kraemer. Fantasy and Reality : Drawings from the Sunny Crawford von Bulow Collection. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, 34a, repr.
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Century Drawings
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