Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Stage framing is shown. Hercules and Dejanira sit in middle ground. Pageant of nymphs bringing gifts approaches from left, foremost carries horn of Achelous as cornuciopia. Temple with inscription "Concordia" shown in background. Goddess in carriage drawn by swans shown in sky. In foreground at left, the genius of History, at right, flying demons. Caption: "dalle Ninfe ercole receve doni nel cornacopia per ave/ vinto il fivme Achelao." Reverse in opposite direction: pen sketch for central group and for two nymphs carrying baskets upon their heads.
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: 1901-39-22
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 brown ink, brush and bistre on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 27.1 x 24.3 cm (10 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.)