An Artist Drawing by Lamplight
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1820
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A heavily draped figure, seated, facing left draws upon a slanted surface resting in his lap. At left, a long pole supports the lamp illuminating the writing surface, leaving much of the figure in shadow.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2040
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk on heavy wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 34.5 x 23.5 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)