Eight Sacrificial Scenes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1815
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In four rows, caption above. Top row, left, shepherd and shepherdess revering hermae. Top row, right, preparation of sacrifice; man gives something to priestess while another runs with lighted torch. Second row, left: two men play skittles. At right, woman and man carry sheaf to hermae, beside child with tambourine. Woman with bunch of grapes followed by running animal. At right, woman pours from jar into bowl held by putto. man with load of grapes follows. Bottom row, left: Romulus and Remus with she-wolf near river-god. Woman brings offering to altar, which bears letters SPQ. At right, priestess points towards hermae behind altar, speaks to kneeling girl. Verso: in black chalk: psiche adorata per venere/ pische sede/ amore 3 psiche nel inferno 4 nozze de piche.
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: 1901-39-1211
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 ink, brush and brown wash, red chalk on textured laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 39.2 x 25.5 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)