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Drawing, Agamemnon Refuses to Liberate Chryseis; Minerva Appears to Achilles; The Abduction of Briseis: Galerie d'Iliad, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1802–05 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash over traces of graphite on 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.
Its dimensions are
40.9 x 22.7 cm (16 1/8 x 8 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
It has the following markings
Watermarks: two letters, probably E and C, flanking a motif
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite above each drawing, upper right: crise sacerdote d apollo/ 1; center right: disputa d achille con Agamemnone/ 2; lower right: Agamemnone piglia Briseide a Achille/ 3; light source symbol in grahite at upper rightof each drawing
Cite this object as
Drawing, Agamemnon Refuses to Liberate Chryseis; Minerva Appears to Achilles; The Abduction of Briseis: Galerie d'Iliad, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash over traces of graphite on white laid paper; 40.9 x 22.7 cm (16 1/8 x 8 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3327
