Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
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: Ceiling divided into nine rectangular and square compartments by moldings and decorative bands in black chalk. In central panel, Peace stands within horse-drawn chariot, holding branch, while Victory/Fame flies between chariot and horses, and blows trumpet; putto flies above, holding tablet inscribed PAX. In four corner panels, Fames with trumpets flanked by candelabra. In remaining panels, dancing Fames with lyres and holding garlands with putti. At lower left in black chalk, section of molding.
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: 1938-88-4916
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 brown wash over black chalk on light greenish-beige wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.6 x 26.4 cm (10 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)