Sculpture Gallery: Project for the Decoration of a Hall in a Palace during the Reign of the Emperor Napoleon as King of Italy
date: label: Date
content: 18th–19th century
name: label: Probably
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a sculpture gallery. At right, is a section of a wall with windows. Pillars support an entablature frame, narrow panel with a window-case, and broader panels without a window. In front of a rectangular niche at left, upon a pedestal, stands a sculptural composition of two (probably) female figures embracing, the height of the statues is given as "p 9 1/2". At right, also on a pedestal, is a sculptural scene of St. Michael stepping on the devil. A festoon hangs in the frieze above the niche. Above the entablature are semi-circular windows with a richly decorated frame with a group of putti, beside a tripod, and at right, a trophy. A coffered ceiling is indicated. Below there is indication of the scale: "Palmi Rni."
label: Description
content: At left, are studies of details of the upper part of the decoration. Along the left margin, at the bottom, is a project for a coffered conch of a niche. Above, also along the left margin, is inscribed in charcoal: "arme Imperiali / nel / mezzo / fra un Finestrone e l'altro se li finestroni potrano cambirasi dal loro sitd / e frali cadere sopra de gurppi (?) / Li putti sopra delli Finestra obligati (?) e gruppi di statue 6 (?) alti p 9 1/2." Inscribed at the lower edge near the center below the panel with the window in ink, different hand: "Li Finestroni sopra a desto / Siano putti sopra li nicchioni; indication of scale in Palmi Rni;
label: Description
content: inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink: Interno / di Galleria ornata all Rochocho
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: 1901-39-1543
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: Black chalk on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 36.5 x 48.7 cm (14 3/8 x 19 3/16 in.)