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Drawing, Project for Ceiling Design Depicting Aurora
This is a Drawing. It was created by Felice Giani. It is dated 1810–25 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- Drawing, Apollo in Chariot with Aurora and the Hours, 1805
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown watercolor washes over traces of graphite....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-3310
- Drawing, Tapestry Design: Apollo in his Chariot Led by Aurora, 1760–89
- pen and brush and black ink, gray wash on off-white laid paper, ruled border....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-6456
- Drawing, Design for a Painted Ceiling of Irregular Shape: Aurora
- pen and brown and black ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1803
Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Drawing, Phaeton Bidding Apollo Farewell, ca. 1810
- pen and brown ink, brush and colored washes over black chalk on textured paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-3287
- Drawing, Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo...
- pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk on laid paper support: white laid....
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-3270
- Drawing, Study for Painting, Mount Olympus, 1750–60
- pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, white gouache on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-7331
Its dimensions are
33.1 x 30 cm (13 1/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermark: escutcheon with three lines of letters.
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower margin, center: L'aurora. In graphite around perimeter of drawing on all sides, each one of the eight sections is numbered accordingly: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Project for Ceiling Design Depicting Aurora; Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on off-white laid paper; 33.1 x 30 cm (13 1/16 x 11 13/16 in.) ; Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3213
