Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris (1694-1774), L.1852 (at lower right); his estate sale, Basan (Paris), 15 November 1775 - 30 January 1776, part of lot 558 (as Panini, 'Alexander visiting the tomb of Achilles') [typo in Basan's catalogue, recorded as lot 548 but is 558 in the succession of lots]; purchased there by Basan (Paris), for 450 livres; probably Armand Frédéric Ernest Nogaret (1734-1806); his sale, Paris, 2 June 1780 and following days, part of lot 88, withdrawn from sale; Mrs Jean Miller Morrison, Edinburgh; her sale, Sotheby’s (London), 23 May 1922, lot 70; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£1.6); Witt Bequest 1952

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

catalogue untraced, Oxford Arts Club, 1924

Rosenberg, Paul, Les dessins de la Collection Mariette: écoles italienne et espagnole. 4 vols, Paris 2019
vol. II, no. I 1333 on p. 782
ill. on p. 782

Inscription: I.P.P.

Inscription: Oracurum sciscitaturus, Jovis Hammonis Templum, adit Alexander.

Inscription: JOAN. PAULI. / PANNINI //

Inscription: 32

Inscription: 650

Inscription: 109

Inscription: 30

Inscription: G.B. Pannini / 1675-1768 / Alexander the Great entering the Temple of Jupiter Ammon / Ink, pen + wash. 9 7/8 x 14 1/4 / Coll. J.P. Mariette- / Panini. From the Mariette collection / Morrison Sale / Sotheby May 23. 1922 / No 70 //

Label: G.B. PANNINI. / 1695-1768. / 70 Alexander the Great entering the temple of Jupiter Ammon; / twelve figures grouped amid magnificent buildings / Ink, pen and wash, 9 7/8 in. by 14 1/4 in. / *** From the collection of P.J. Mariette, with his mark and on / his mount. //

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Pierre-Jean Mariette (L.1852)

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Giovanni Paolo Pannini / Italian 1691-1764/8 / Signed / Coll. Mariette . No 548 / Alexander visits the Temple of Jove. //

Inscription: Exh. Oxford Arts Club 1924 / " V&A 1943 //