Castello Estense, Ferrara
date: label: Date
content: 1822
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Castle in background, broken down coach in foreground with figures standing nearby. Verso: details of architectural ceiling decoration, with indications as to how it should be colored: 1) fac[c]io doro (ground gold) 2) ovali donati e stucco (egg-shaped forms gold and stucco) 3) rose stucco e oro li fiori (roses in stucco and flowers in gold) 4) fondi azzurri robeschi finissimi doro (ground blue "robeschi" finest gold) 5) fondi doro figure colorite (ground gold, figures colored) 6) campo celeste corona di putti nel mezzo la divinita del spirito santo in campo chiarissimo (blue ground, garland of angels, in the middle holy ghost on light ground) 7) meandro doro fiori doro campo biancho stucco (meander gold, flowers gold, ground white stucco). Tutto il comparto stucco e oro e varissimi colori (the whole stucco, gold and finest colors). Volte a botta.
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: 1938-88-464
objectType: label: Type
content: theater
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and bistre ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 22.3 × 19.8 cm (8 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mat): 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)