Design for Various Decorations including "Coriolanus at the Walls of Rome"
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1850
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Left row, above: "Sacrificio alla Pace" (all captions are written above octagonal panels): putto blowing double flute; at right, an altar. Center: "Trionfo delle armi:" putto with wreath running into chariot with panoply. Below: "segnifero Romano:" putto with legionary sign beside trophy. Central row, above: Coriolanus implored by women of Rome, rising from throne at right: "Coriolano alle mura di Roma." Center: left half of decoration is roughly sketched. In center is high shaft with bowl, Rinceaux spring from it, putti and boy are between them. Bottom: left octagon with putto blowing horn beside trophy of arms, right octagon with putto bringing wood to altar. Right row, above: hexagon with trophy and rinceaux; right row, below: putto carrying standard beside panoply.
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: 1901-39-1254
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 wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.3 x 27.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)