Ceres is told of the Rape of Proserpina
date: label: Date
content: 1812
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ceres stands at left leaning upon chariot and holding torch in her right hand. She listens to nymph, Arethusa, who reclines upon her. At right edge, parts of two drawings of kneeling figures.
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: 1901-39-3282
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 brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on light brown laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 18.7 x 21.8 cm (7 3/8 x 8 9/16 in.)