Thirteen Apollo Subjects for Ceiling
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Center, octagonal representation of Apollo and Muses. Captions written in red crayon: Apollo e le Muse/ Mercurio robo li bovi/ dapello/ e larco/ con la faratia. Octagon surrounded by eight circles, showing Latona visiting Jupiter, inscription above: giove latona; Latona with her children Diana and Apollo, inscription: Latona Diana e/ Apollo. Clymene kneeling before Apollo, inscription: apollo fetonte/ cliomene. Apollo standing besides drinking Pegasus, inscription: Apollo cavallo/ pegasso. At left, Apollo appears to two praying girls, probably Leucothoe and Cythera, inscription: Leucotea Apollo. Bottom: Apollo and Neptune shown seated beside Python, inscription: serpente pito/ ne. Apollo pursuing Daphne, inscription at right, Apollo e Dafne. Rows of two circles shown at outmost left and right. Apollo in sun chariot drawn by four horses, inscription: carro d'Apollo. Apollo as herdsman, inscription at left: apollo pastor. Woman shown seated and sacrificing, inscription: la pitaneza sacia/ Apollo. Apollo shown supporting Hyacinthus, inscription: Apollo e Giancinto.
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: 1901-39-3309
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 with brown watercolor over red crayon on rough grey paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 40.8 x 25.8 cm (16 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)