Two Friezes with Women and Sea Monsters
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: Sea horse with enormously long sea body, conducted by rein of flying putto. Above sea horse's long back, woman lying apparently supporting a dish. Upon one of scrolls of body, sits putto. Below, woman with casket, resting upon sea ox.
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: 1901-39-1230
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 dark brown ink, brush and sepia wash over black chalk on off white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 27.7 x 20.7 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.)