Two Circular and Octagonal Painting for Ceiling: Deeds of Alexander the Great
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1795
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Alexander swings his sword to cut Gordian knot, wound around shaft of chariot. Flanking with two Victories facing each other, left one carries panoply, right one globe.
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: 1901-39-3366
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 cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.6 x 25.6 cm (4 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)