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Putto Frieze; Classical Altar
Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823)
ca. 1820
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on cream laid paper
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- 18.8 x 27.5 cm (7 3/8 x 10 13/16 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
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Two putti hold indistinct bunches on a ribbon; one putto supported by third putto. Outside, putti with musical instruments. Horizontal lines. Bottom right, an altar shown at angle.
