The Road to Caprarola
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1813
name: label: Artist
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A road passes a gorge. A Madonna shrine is fixed to a trunk of a tree. A man with a cart on the road. Framing line, caption: “la Strada di Caprarola,” above: “22”. On verso: two sketches for vaulted ceilings, three decorated panels and friezes and moldings. Friezes showing festoons, candelabra and winged genii; putti ride upon festoons; putti riding upon sea monsters. Numbered “23.”
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: 1901-39-2087
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and brown watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 90.7 x 71.5 cm (35 11/16 x 28 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: 37.9 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)