Justice and Strength, in Two Octagons
date: label: Date
content: 1812
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Top: woman, with civic crown shown holding sword and pair of scales, seated in apse, flanked by two putti; left one holds fasces, right one holds opened book, inscription below in brown ink: GIUSTI. Bottom: woman with helmet and seated in apse holds tree trunk, while seated and kneeling putto helps lower tree. Another putto, standing at right, holds shield showing representation of victorious lion over steer. Written below in brown ink: FORTEZA.
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: 1901-39-1655
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 dark brown ink, brush and greyish-brown wash over traces of graphite on textured laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 29.4 x 26 cm (11 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)