An architectural capriccio of the Pantheon and other buildings, with figures making a sacrifice to a goddess, figures conversing and dancing amongst the ruins beyond

The present lot is a characteristic example of the work of Domenico Roberti. The main group of pictures attributed to him, in the Galleria Spada, Rome, show clear similarities to the work of Giovanni Ghisolfi, though many of Roberti's other works have much in common with Codazzi. Roberti often included the Pantheon in his capricci, as in this picture, and though he often seems to have painted his own figures, here they would appear to be by a different hand.

We are grateful to Prof. David Marshall for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph and for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.