# Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure

- By: Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823)
- Date: ca. 1800
- Medium: Pen and ink on laid paper
- Classification: Interior views
- Dimensions: 44.2 x 28.1 cm (17 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/7682)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/79e0e22e4ca687f88b2f76aea1b47749.jpg
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Bottom: Frieze with four seasons. Sitting woman returning plates, upon which offerings brought to her, inscribed: PRIMAVERA. Grain harvest, inscribed: ESTATE. Drinking, harvesting wine, inscribed: AUTUNNO. Classical sacrifice of swine, inscribed: INVERNO. Top at right, two sketches of frieze with festoons supported by genii and sketch for figure of Spring. Top left, two caryatids: above upper parts of fluted columns rise half-figures of women carrying Ionic capitals upon their heads; Arms hang down and hold wreaths.