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Drawing, Decoration Project: Six Tondi with Sacrificial Gods and Two Victories

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1805 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash over 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

22.6 x 44.8 cm (8 7/8 x 17 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: C S in circle

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink: vittoria 1 vittoria; Giani 2 Giano e Pace; Ercole 3 Ercole e ninfa; minerva e storia; Giove 7 Giove Faretro; vittoria 4 vittoria; saturno 8 saturno e ninfe; vest 9 o vesta o sua sacrerdotessa

Cite this object as

Drawing, Decoration Project: Six Tondi with Sacrificial Gods and Two Victories; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash over cream laid paper; 22.6 x 44.8 cm (8 7/8 x 17 5/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3476

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