Ceiling Vault Decoration, Camera da Letto, Sala di Cornelia di Palazzo Cavina, Faenza
date: label: Date
content: 1816
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Decoration for vaulted ceiling. Fret band and frame subdivided into nine panels. Lower rows: quadrangular panels decorated with flying genii; central panel shows seated woman and putto. Top row: triangular panels decorated with wreaths and masks. Inscribed in ink, above drawing: Camera da letto. In right corner, sketch in octagonal panel; Cornelia sitting in room with two standing figures. Inscribed above, in ink: corneglia madre dei/ grachi. Verso: sketch with variation of decoration. Below, one more framing frieze with rinceaux. Central panel, second row: Venus with putto holding looking-glass. Bottom row: panels decorated with dancing women and children beside candelabrum.
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: 1901-39-1662
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture, interiors
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 25.7 x 21.2 cm (10 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)