File:Giovanni Paolo Panini – Ancient Rome.jpg
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Summary
Giovanni Paolo Panini: Ancient Rome
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| Artist |
Details on Google Art Project |
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| Title |
Imaginary Gallery of Ancient Roman Art |
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| Part of |
Ancient Rome  |
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| Series title |
Ancient Rome |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: This painting, commissioned by the Count of Stainville (later Duke of Choiseul), depicts the count (at the center with a guidebook in his hand) and friends visiting an imaginary gallery in Rome. The artist Panini is behind the chair. |
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| Date | 1757 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 1,721 mm (67.75 in); width: 2,299 mm (90.51 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Level 2 (Details of level on Google Art Project) room Gallery 611 - 18th Century Italian Painting (European Paintings) (Details of room on Google Art Project) |
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| Accession number |
52.63.1 |
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| Object history |
English: ?Hubert Robert (until d. 1808; sale, Paillet, Paris, April 5, 1809, no. 9, as "Rome antique" and "Rome moderne," each 64 x 72 pouces [68 x 77 in.], purchased by Paillet before auction for Fr 2,801); ?[Alexandre Paillet, Paris, 1809–14; posthumous sale, Paris, June 2, 1814, no. 47, as "Rome antique" and "Rome moderne", each 64 x 72 pouces, for Fr 1,000]; ?Casimir Périer, Paris; Arnold Baruchson, Liverpool (in 1857); A. Murray (until 1877; sale, Christie's, March 17, 1877, no. 115, "Ancient Rome," £152.5.0, to Lesser; no. 116, "Renaissance Rome," £189.0.0 to Waters); [Sedelmeyer, Paris, in 1896]; Camille Groult, Paris (until d. 1908); Groult collection (1908–52; sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, March 21, 1952, nos. 87 ["Rome Antique," 52.63.1] and 88 ["Rome au Temps de la Renaissance," 52.63.2], to Cailleux for MMA) |
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| Inscriptions |
English: Signed, dated, and inscribed (lower left, on pedestal): I· P· PANINI ROMÆ / 1757 |
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| Notes | More info at museum site | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | xgH0Of4LPustUw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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