Object Details
- Artist
- Giovanni Ottaviani, ca. 1735 – 1808
- After
- Pietro Camporesi, Italian, 1726 – 1781
- Gaetano Savorelli, d. 1791
- Raphael, (Italian, 1483–1520)
- Print Maker
- Giovanni Ottaviani, ca. 1735 – 1808
- Giovanni Volpato, Italian, 1740 - 1803
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Description from left to right; top to bottom.
- Above all, a frieze of sunflowers-like circles.
- First column: Two putti holding a lyre above a cameo of a bird in a nest with putti standing on either side. Below: a cameo of a lamb and its offspring surrounded by two nude figures sitting above axeses. Below: a cameo with three men on horseback. Below: a cameo of a nude figure above two nude figures lying atop a pedement. Under pedement: a figure standing atop a pedestal. Below: profiles of front and rear figures. Below: Winged figure with spears sitting atop a globe.
- Second column: Vine of foliage and flowers. Below: a frieze of wavelike spirals atop a geometric decorative pattern.
- Third column: Semi circle cameo of a bird. Below: a brown panel of two horned creatures above two winged figure emerging from foliage. Below: a cameo of a soldier. Below: a repeat of the brown panel above. Below: cameo of a man killing a beast that is attacking his horse. End: once again the repeat of the brown panel above.
- Fourth column: Hanging bundles of fruit and foliage.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Unknown Donor
- 1772–77
- Accession Number
- 1980-32-1744
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- wallpaper designs
- Object Name
- Type
- Medium
- Hand colored etching and gray ink
- Dimensions
- 111.9 x 45.7 cm (44 1/16 x 18 in.)
- 107.4 x 41 cm (42 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1980-32-1744
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bc81112d-5d0c-43f3-8171-a16968a25dcd
