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Gian Paolo Panini
1691 or 1692-1765
Classical Ruins with Figures and Statues of Silenus and the River Nile
Pen and gray ink, with gray wash, and blue, green, and brown watercolor, over graphite, on paper.
14 x 9 3/8 inches (356 x 238 mm)
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.
1982.18:1
Notes: 

Watermark: none visible through lining.

Inscription: 

Signed with initials at lower left, in pen and gray ink, "IPP"; in cartouche on mount, in gray ink, "JOAN. PAULI / PANNINI".

Provenance: 
Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (Lugt 1852); Sir Geoffrey Harmsworth; sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 March 1982, under lot 79, repr.
Associated names: 

Mariette, Pierre Jean, 1694-1774, 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.

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Panini, Gian Paolo
School: 
Italian
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints