Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France
date: label: Date
content: 1813
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four octagonal drawings. Top, left: Justice shown standing on one side of niche, leaning upon fasces and raising pair of scales. Inscribed above in graphite: GIUSTIZA. Top, right: Prudence shown standing in temple precinct, holding looking-glass and snake. Inscribed above in graphite: PRUDENZA. Bottom, left: Strength holding club and shown near trophies. Inscribed above in graphite: FORTEZZA. Bottom, right: Vigilance holding lamp with crane. Inscribed above in graphite: VIGILANZA.
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: 1901-39-502
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 greyish-brown wash, black chalk on grey textured paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.6 x 25.4 cm (11 1/4 x 10 in.)