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Friezes; An Antique Sarcophagus; A Vase
Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823)
ca. 1800
- Medium
- Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper
- Classification
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 27.2 x 41.9 cm (10 11/16 x 16 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- Italy
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Left row, above: lions stand with scrolls; center, above: hanging circumscribed palmettos alternate with circumscribed female head; center, below: bucrania support festoons, situated above crossed branches upon which birds stand. Women pour water into bowls which they present to crouching winged lions. Center row, above: crossed vine branches as decorative frieze; below: elevation of sarcophagus, right side outlined. Winged genii lean upon medallion, above festoon and tablet. Hanging trophies of shields and acanthus scrolls, probably column decoration. Vase with pair of swans as handles, connected by festoons.
