Design for a Fan: Capriccio with Roman Ruins and the Farnese Hercules
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Artist
content: Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian, 1691 - 1765
notes: label: Description
content: Semi-circular design corresponding to the shape of an open fan, illustrated with Roman ruins and statuary. Identifiable imagery includes the Farnese Hercules, the Pantheon and the lion fountain of the capital. At the top in pen and ink, a sketch for a border decoration.
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: 1938-88-7323
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
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 gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: 14.1 x 26 cm (5 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)