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Drawing, Sketchbook Page: Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and dark brown ink over traces of graphite on cream 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

12.4 x 21 cm (4 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on recto: mase dei lapiti; Bataglia dei lapiti con li centauri Teseo li vince; si veda fori del finestrone il segno del zodiaco che segna il mese. On verso: nomi dei congionti Mingazzo Vitor Mateo Regnoli, Sebastiano della Cura, Regio Bolognese suo fedel servo la donna feriva Manfredi nel ventre.

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Drawing, Sketchbook Page: Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and dark brown ink over traces of graphite on cream laid paper; 12.4 x 21 cm (4 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-1391

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