Design for a Painted Ceiling: Triumph of Meekness and Strength
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1780
name: label: Artist
content: Francesco Manno, Italian, 1754 - 1831
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Seated upon clouds are a woman beside a lamb and an armoured woman holding a column. An angel holding the tiara flies over them, another one shouldering the keys at left, a genius blowing the trumpet, at right. Four animals are shown at the foot of the group: a seal, a unicorn, an eagle with a double head (referring to Austria or Russia), a lion crouching on a fork (England). Written on top, in pencil: "Trionfo della Mansuetudine e della Fortezza." [Triumph of Gentleness and Strength]
place: label: made in
content: Sicily (?), 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: 1938-88-3313
objectType: label: Type
content: mural designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and black wash, pen and ink, black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.1 x 34.5 cm (10 11/16 x 13 9/16 in.)