Follower of Giovanni Paolo Panini

F.E.G. Bagshawe Esq., Snitterton Hall, Derbyshire, by 1957 (according to a label on the reverse);
With Daniel Hunt Fine Art, London.

The canvas is lined, the paint surface is stable and the varnish is clear and even, though very slightly discoloured. There are no major damages visible to the naked eye. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals very small, scattered spots of retouching throughout the composition, most notably the sky. There are two additional small areas of retouching, the first in the lower left corner, and the second in the lower right corner, where the paint appears to have been scratched off the canvas and painted over.
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The composition of the present works derives from Giovanni Paolo Panini's Predica di un apostolo in the Denver Art Museum, Denver (see F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e i fasti della Roma del '700, Rome 1986, p. 445, cat. no. 432, reproduced).