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Drawing, Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1812 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and dark gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on light greenish-beige wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
Its dimensions are
26.6 x 26.4 cm (10 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
It is inscribed
In pen and dark gray ink, in central panel on tablet: PAX; in black chalk at lower right: fascia per l'oggitto del cornicion.
Cite this object as
Drawing, Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and dark gray ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on light greenish-beige wove paper; 26.6 x 26.4 cm (10 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4916
