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Drawing, Autumn and Winter: Eight Muses in Pairs set in Octagons.

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 brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk 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

44.7 x 27.5 cm (17 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: autunno; inverno; Clio Melpomene; Talia Euterpe; Erato Caliope; Urania Polinia

Cite this object as

Drawing, Autumn and Winter: Eight Muses in Pairs set in Octagons.; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of black chalk on cream laid paper; 44.7 x 27.5 cm (17 5/8 x 10 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3203

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