Design for the Ceiling of the Salon of the Palazzo Spinola, Genoa
date: label: Date
content: 1776
name: label: Print Maker
content: Louis-Jean Desprez, French, active Sweden, 1743–1804
label: After
content: Charles de Wailly, French, 1729 – 1798
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An oval central panel shows the Apotheosis of Amrbose Spinola, being borne to heaven on a chariot. The outer edge of the ceiling is composed of segmented panels with vine tendril arabesques and putti. Columnar and pier supports are indicated at the outer edges.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-49
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 42.2 × 31 cm (16 5/8 × 12 3/16 in.)