Design for Nine Circular Paintings in the Bathroom of the Aldini Villa, Montmorency, France
date: label: Date
content: 1813
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Nine roundels with number in brown ink and inscription in black chalk. Top row: Europa and bull. Caption: "Ratto deuropa." Narcissus looking at image in water; in background, Echo, at left, an animal at right. Caption: "gicinto." Leda and Swan. Caption: "Leda." Pan and Syrinx. He embraces tuft of reeds. The nymph is at back crying for help. Caption: "Pan e nimfa." Central row: Apollo pursuing Daphne. Caption: "Apollo Dafne." Diana, startled, looks up from seated Callisto. Caption: "diana calisto." A woman shown standing in shell pulled by dolphins. Caption: "Galatea o Teti." Venus shown kneeling in shell, two doves above. Caption: "Nasita di venere." Bottom row: Neptune riding over sea. Caption: "Nettuno."
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: 1901-39-3311
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 brown watercolor over pencil on rough grey paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 25.8 x 39.8 cm (10 3/16 x 15 11/16 in.)