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Architectural capriccio with Figures and Antiquities

ca. 1755–65
Not on view
Giovanni Paolo Panini was a painter and draftsman who specialized in architectural scenes of Rome, both topographical and invented. He was hired by the Académie de France in Rome to instruct the young French art students in perspective. He worked closely with Charles Joseph Natoire, the director of the Académie. The proposed purchase is a rare example of a work executed in two hands, with architecture by Panini with figures and accents by Natoire.

Natoire’s estate sale lists several drawings described as ‘by Panini with figures by Natoire,’ and this sheet may well have figured among them. Collaborations between artists flourished in the milieu of the French Academy in the 1760s and 70s.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Architectural capriccio with Figures and Antiquities
  • Artist: Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, Piacenza 1691–1765 Rome)
  • Artist: Charles Joseph Natoire (French, Nîmes 1700–1777 Castel Gandolfo)
  • Date: ca. 1755–65
  • Medium: Black chalk, pen and black and gray ink, brush and gray and brown wash, with touches of watercolor and white gouache
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (36.2 × 24.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2018
  • Object Number: 2018.863
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Figures in Classical Ruins, Giovanni Paolo Panini Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk
Figures in Classical Ruins
Giovanni Paolo Panini
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Ruins of a Basilica or Mausoleum, Giovanni Paolo Panini Italian, Pen and gray ink, brush and brown and gray wash
Ruins of a Basilica or Mausoleum
Giovanni Paolo Panini
1691–1765
Man Shading His Face with a Tricorne, Giovanni Paolo Panini Italian, Brush and pale brown wash, over graphite
Man Shading His Face with a Tricorne
Giovanni Paolo Panini
1691–1765
The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio, Giovanni Paolo Panini Italian, Pen and black ink, watercolor, over graphite; framing lines in pen and black ink at left, right, and upper margins
The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio
Giovanni Paolo Panini
1743–1744
Design for the Decoration of a Palace Interior, Giovanni Paolo Panini Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash
Design for the Decoration of a Palace Interior
Giovanni Paolo Panini
1691–1765

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