Ceiling of Cabinet dedicated to Peace, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
date: label: Date
content: 1812
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Ceiling divided into 9 rectangular and 4 square compartments. Central horizontal rectangular panel shows Triumph of Peace: at left, small genii with wreathes and seated winged Victory; at center, pedestal inscribed PACE with statue of peace and altar inscribed GIANO. Behind altar stands priest, before kneel worshipping figures; at right, two females approach altar, one with basket of fruits, one with thyrsus. In four square panels within octagonal compositions are personifications (perhaps Athena) of the Arts: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Music or Poetry.
place: label: Place
content: Rome, Italy
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: 1938-88-3087
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 dark gray ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk ruled lines on light greenish-beige wove paper. Support: light greenish-beige wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29 x 41.6 cm (11 7/16 x 16 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)