Design for the ceiling of the salon of Palazzo Spinola, Genoa
date: label: Date
content: 1776
name: 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 Ambrose Spinola, hero of the Battle of Breda. He is shown being born to heaven in a chariot. The remainder of the ceiling is divided into segmented panels with arabesques and putti as decoration. In the composition two medallions bear the Salon Spinola Execute a Genes." In the composition two medallions bear the initials of Ambrose Spinola and Cristoforo Spinola.
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: 1911-28-292
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 43.3 × 31.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 3/8 in.)