Stage Curtain: Minerva Honoring the Poets on Parnassus
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1815
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A group of female figures dressed in Classical garments are sitting and standing in the foreground. To the left, is a monument comprised of a base, round pedestal, and bust of man's head. Three flying figures are suspended directly above the monument. Further to the left, is a stool upon which sits an incense burner. Behind the stool are two tall pedestals with busts. Behind the foreground grouping, to the right, is a round, colonnaded building with an inscription. Directly behind the group is a smoke-filled middle ground. In the distance another colonnaded building is visible. A curtain frames the entire scene.
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: 1901-39-3183
objectType: label: Type
content: theater
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.4 x 25.3 cm (10 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)