Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, with Nymphs, Centaurs, Stags, and Elephants
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785
name: label: Architect
content: Unknown, Italian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design of a ceiling. In the center of the plan is a circle containing a square. The outlines of a cupola are seen from below, inscribed into it. The space of the cupola is filled by a square, in the center of which are the figures of two dancing women. This representation is framed by moldings in cross shape, with ornamented squares in the corners. In the panels of the angles of the large square is a centaur carrying a boy. In the corners of the ceiling are four horizontally rectangular landscapes with their base along the short sides. Between them are quadrigas, both with a winged genius carrying a palm branch, the left one is drawn by four stags, the right one by horses. In the center of the long sides are on either side two heads of elephants, with leaf stems. In the corners above the landscapes are circles with a woman on blue ground. Two framing bands.
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: 1938-88-4830
objectType: label: Type
content: interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and colored inks, brush and watercolor, guache, over traces of graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.7 x 38.4 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/8 in.)