Object Details
- Designer
- Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- A group of female figures dressed in Classical garments are sitting and standing in the foreground. To the left, is a monument comprised of a base, round pedestal, and bust of man's head. Three flying figures are suspended directly above the monument. Further to the left, is a stool upon which sits an incense burner. Behind the stool are two tall pedestals with busts. Behind the foreground grouping, to the right, is a round, colonnaded building with an inscription. Directly behind the group is a smoke-filled middle ground. In the distance another colonnaded building is visible. A curtain frames the entire scene.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- ca. 1815
- Accession Number
- 1901-39-3183
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- theater
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.4 x 25.3 cm (10 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1901-39-3183
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cd7869b2-bd48-47c0-8c43-91500a34fbf2
