Women Riding Sea Centaurs, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France
date: label: Date
content: 1813
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Upper row, each semi-circle contains woman sitting upon centaur. Left panel turned toward left, carries bowl. Above sketched, shell in center between pairs of dolphins besides tridents. Second panel, Centaur turned right, woman carries bowl. Third panel: Centaur turned toward left, carries shell. Fourth panel: Centaur turned right, carries something indistinct, possibly bone. Fifth panel: Centaur same direction; he swings sword. Second row first panel: Centaur turned toward left carries thyrsus. Woman plays lire. Second panel: Centaur turns right, a woman embraces him. Third panel: Centaur turned left, he carries cornucopia. Fourth panel: Centaur turns left and carries oar. Fifth panel: Centaur turned right embracing woman on right arm; their left hands joined. Bottom row: at left and at right, four lozenges, each with dancing woman. In center, two semi-circles. In left one, centaur turned toward left, holding cloth. In right panel, "Centaur" turned toward right, playing lyre. Verso: written in ink by Giani, "Delle/ Revoluzioni/ D'italia/ libri venti quattro/Di Carlo Denina/ colonne terzo/ torino/ apresso li/ fratelli/ Revcendis/."
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: 1901-39-1178
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk with traces of graphite on laid paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 25.1 x 40.8 cm (9 7/8 x 16 1/16 in.)