Orpheus, Ceres, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza
date: label: Date
content: 1787–1802
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Orpheus seated beneath trees, plays lyre while quadrupeds and birds listen. Inscribed in ink: orfeo inv della musica. At right, Ceres show in profile, kneeling and turned toward right, cutting grain with sickle. Temple and trees in rear. Inscribed below: cerere inv delle biade. Lower parts of letters and figures at upper edge.
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: 1901-39-3430
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and greyish-brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.8 x 18.6 cm (4 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)