Monument for an Accademia della Pace
date: label: Date
content: 1810–20
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. At right is an enormous pedestal, seen from a corner; upon it is the base of a column. At the front the inscription: "[A]CADEMIA / LA PACE/" and some unintelligible signs. At the side at right is the head of an indefinite animal above clouds. Lying are in front of the pedestal, at right, three wreaths, two of them entwined, at left two rolls, a compass and a lyre. Lying, respectively, standing, beside are at left a palette with brushes, a bust of Zeus, an open book. Behind these is a tripod with a bowl with a fire. At left is a part of the front of a temple with the inscription: "CIANO SACR[um]."
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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-3075
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pencil. Pen, ink. Bistre wash.
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 26.5 x 17.7 cm (10 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.) matted with 1901-39-1044