Architectural Capriccio
possibly Francis Harding (fl. c.1730 – 1760)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730 - circa 1760
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
876 x 1124 mm (34 1/4 x 44 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872272
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Architectural Capriccio (A 'Connoisseur's Dream'), possibly Francis Harding (fl. c.1730 – 1760), in the manner of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacanza c.1692 - Rome 1765). The scene comprises monuments resembling Trajan's Column, the Pyramid of Cestius and the Temple of Vespasian. [Temple of Venus, the Arch of Janus, the Temple of Saturn.]
Provenance
Given to the National Trust as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962)
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly Francis Harding (fl. c.1730 – 1760), artist manner of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacanza c.1692 - Rome 1765) , artist
References
Country Life, 2 February 1961, p.230.