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New paintings at Waddesdon Manor

The collections at Waddesdon have been enhanced by the recent acquisition of four major paintings, by Callet, Chardin and Panini, described here by Juliet Carey.

Juliet Carey, Monday, 25th August 2008

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1 Waddesdon Manor. Photo: John Bigelow Taylor

2 A Ball by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765), 1751. Oil on canvas, 155 x 119.3 cm. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. See also Figure 3. This pair of paintings depicts the celebrations given by the duc de Nivernais in 1751 in Palazzo Farnese in Rome to mark the birth of the duc de Bourgogne, eldest son of the Dauphin of France

3 A Concert by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765), 1751. This is the pair to Figure 2. Oil on canvas, 155 x 119.3 cm. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

4 A Musician by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765), A page from a sketchbook of 1744-56, black chalk on paper, 19 x 12.5 cm. The British Museum, London 

5 Louis XVI by Antoine-François Callet (1741-1823), 1783. Oil on canvas, 274.5 x 194.7 cm. It is in its original frame, by François Buteux (1732-88). Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

6-8 Three versions of The House of Cards by Jean Siméon Chardin (1699 -1779). Above left, c. 1735. Oil on canvas, 82.2 x 66 cm. Andrew W. Mellon Collection, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Above right, c. 1737. Oil on canvas, 77 x 68 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library. Left, c. 1737. Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 71.8 cm. The National Gallery, London/The Bridgeman Art Library

9 Boy Building a House of Cards by Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779), 1735.Oil on canvas, 76 x 99 cm. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
 

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