A Canopied Ceiling with Aurora in Central Panel
date: label: Date
content: 1818–23
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Canopy scheme. Ovoid medallion showing rising of sun in center. Motif is surrounded by festoons. An otherwise undecorated white tent or one with stripes and other decorations, especially pairs of puttos facing the corners. Pairs of putti and altar shown in the corners on blue ground. Moldings outside.
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: 1901-39-1813
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
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: 21.5 x 28.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in.)