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A Winged Victory Inscribing the Date 1805 on a Shield
Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823)
1805
- Medium
- Pen and black ink on paper
- Classification
- Figures (representations)
- Dimensions
- Mat: 91.3 x 71.4 cm (35 15/16 x 28 1/8 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
A female genius is shown in profile turned toward right and writing upon a shield, “1805,” which like other weapons stands upon a pedestal. The framing line is divided into 6 parts above and below, in somewhat more than 7 parts laterally. The divisions and figures are written with graphite.
