This drawing by Jacques Dumont, known as "Le Romain" (1701-1781), is based on Giovanni Paolo Panini's renowned painting at the Louvre and, more specifically, the 1731 version from the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, once in Cardinal de Polignac's collection. Created as a tribute to the grand fireworks display held in Rome's Piazza Navona for the birth of Louis XV's son, this work encapsulates the grandeur and political significance of the event through Dumont’s precise and animated Baroque style.

Poncelet Sale, (from Auxerre), Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 25-26, 1873, n°178 (sold for « 450 »);
Mme de Polès, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Me Lair-Dubreuil, Expert J. Feral, June 22-24, 1927, lot 8 (sold for « 30.000 fr. ») ;
Sale after death Mme de Polès, galerie Charpentier, Me Etienne Ader, November 17-18; 1936, lot 5 bis;
Sale Me. Fraysse, April 6, 2022, lot n°18; where acquired by the current owner;
Private collection, France.