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Felice Giani

A Coffered Dome with Apollo and Phaeton, c. 1787

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Medium

pen and brown ink with gray, blue, and pink washes over black chalk on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 34.9 x 27 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1991.81.1

Artists / Makers

Felice Giani (artist) Italian, 1758 - 1823

Image Use

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Inscription

below image, lower center in brown ink: Soffitto; lower left verso in graphite: 493858

Provenance

(Yvonne tan Bunzi); acquired 1991 by NGA.

Associated Names

tan Bunzl, Yvonne, Ms.

Exhibition History

1994: Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

2023: Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1990: Bunzi, Yvonne tan and Kate de Rothschild, Master Drawings. London, 1990: 22.

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