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Drawing, Design for Various Decorations including "Coriolanus at the Walls of Rome"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1800–1850 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

19.3 x 27.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: TB/G in escutcheon

It is inscribed

In pen and brown ink, left row: Sacrificio alla Pace; center: Trionfo delle armi; below: segnifero Romano. Central row: Coriolano alle mura di Roma; Banaditore delle leggi Romane.

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Drawing, Design for Various Decorations including "Coriolanus at the Walls of Rome"; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and wash over black chalk on laid paper; 19.3 x 27.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1254

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