Siren's Grotto at Tivoli
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1813
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The lower part of the fall is shown. A group of men, some of them artists, are below at left. Framing line and caption: “Tivoli 12 Grotta della sirena,” numbered: “24”. On verso: some ceiling below a frieze with rinceaux. Trophy of arms and vine and putti, center: motifs for decorations of ceilings, trellis work with figures of children. Numbered “25.”
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: 1901-39-2088
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and brown watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 90.7 x 71.5 cm (35 11/16 x 28 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 37.9 x 25.2 cm (14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)