Signed and dated, on stone fragment at lower right: I. P. PANINI./ ROMAE 1735

possibly Duke of Norfolk (Beech Hill, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England)

1947, (Arturo Grassi, New York, New York, USA)

1947-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Giovanni Paolo Panini, View of the Roman Forum, 1735, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 47.93.