Tapestry Design: Apollo in his Chariot Led by Aurora
date: label: Date
content: 1760–89
name: label: Designer
content: Fedele Fischetti, Italian, 1734 - 1789
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design is based on Guido Reni's "Aurora," Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome. The clouds rise from the sea and carry Apollo in his chariot. He is accompanied by the Hours; the group is preceded by Aurora and two genii holding a jar and flowers. In the lower right, Neptune stands onshore; he holds the reigns of his horse and his trident.
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-6456
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brush and black ink, gray wash on off-white laid paper, ruled border in pen and black ink, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 27.5 x 48.3 cm (10 13/16 x 19 in.)