$2,500
After Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, 1691-1765), "Interior of the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome"-circa 1750, oil on canvas. An extraordinary 19th century British School painting after the original by renowned Italian painter Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, 1691-1765) whose original work now hangs in the Hermitage Museum in Moscow, Russia, signed to verso "D. Sean", inscribed to verso "Interno della Basilicha di S. Maria Maggiore in Roma", additionally inscribed to verso "NYQ63", H3827", depicting hyper realistic architectural rendering of the interior of the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome with rows of Greek Ionic columns terminating at the back wall of the basilica where the baldacchino is celestially illuminated by natural light, the basilica filled with tourists and worshippers, with coffered ceiling overhead. Framed approximately 43.5" x 58.425. Unframed approximately 31" x 41.9".
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2016-06-26
