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Drawing, Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to Achilles: Two Designs for Ceiling Panels in the Galeria d'Iliade, 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 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.
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-152-3
Its dimensions are
Sheet: 21.2 x 20.1 cm (8 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite above each drawing, upper right: 4 Tetide fa fabbricare le armi per Achille; center right: Tetide porta le armi ad Achille; in graphite, light source symbols at upper left and center right
Cite this object as
Drawing, Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to Achilles: Two Designs for Ceiling Panels in the Galeria d'Iliade, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash over graphite on white laid paper; Sheet: 21.2 x 20.1 cm (8 3/8 x 7 15/16 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3328
