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Lot 69 · Important Old Master Paintings Part I

A capriccio of classical ruins with Diogenes throwing away his cup

Giovanni Paolo Panini · oil on canvas

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Estimate
$200,000–$300,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — IMPORTANT OLD MASTER PAINTINGS PART I, New York · 26 January 2005
Dimensions
28½ x 38¼ in. (72.4 x 97.2 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-5848342
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Giovanni Paolo Panini, A capriccio of classical ruins with Diogenes throwing away his cup. Christie's, 26 Jan 2005, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5848342.

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Giovanni Paolo Panini, A capriccio of classical ruins with Diogenes throwing away his cup. Christie's, 26 Jan 2005, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5848342.

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From the same sale Important Old Master Paintings Part I · Jan 2005

LotArtistEstimateResult
An extensive river landscape with peasants during the harvest, a lake… Jan Frans van Bloemen, L'Orizzonte (Antwerp 1662-1749 Rome) and Placido Costanzi (Naples c. 1690-1759 Rome) $60,000–$80,000
Corbaci Bashi ; two female figures in traditional costume; a Janissar… Jean-Baptiste van Mour (Valenciennes 1671-1737 Constantinople) and Followers $60,000–$80,000
Huntsmen on horseback with a tower beyond; and Huntsmen on horseback … Abraham Van Calraet $15,000–$20,000
A village scene with peasants at work Theobald Michau $60,000–$80,000
An elegant couple walking through a market in the Piazza del Popolo, Rome Johannes Lingelbach $100,000–$150,000
Figures amongst classical ruins; and Figures by a pool of water surro… Gennaro Greco $20,000–$30,000

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Giovanni Paolo Panini A capriccio of classical ruins with the Maison Carrée at Nîm $189,000 Christie's, Jan 2023
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Giovanni Paolo Panini Rome, a view of the Forum looking towards the Capitol Sotheby's, Dec 2017
Giovanni Paolo Panini An architectural capriccio with the Colosseum and the Arch o Sotheby's, Jul 2024
Giovanni Paolo Panini architectural capriccio with figures Sotheby's, Feb 2013
Giovanni Paolo Panini A classical capriccio with the Colosseum, Trajan's column an Christie's, Dec 2023
Hubert Robert Paris La Fontaine Sotheby's, Dec 2024
Giovanni Paolo Panini A capriccio of Roman ruins with the Pantheon, the Temple of Christie's, May 2023

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