Twenty-Four Putti, Decoration for the Dinning Room, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France
date: label: Date
content: 1812–13
name: label: Designer
content: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Top row: 1) running with bar towards right 2) carrying fruit basket upon head 3) flying with scroll 4) dancing with stork 5) flying with vessel 6) walking towards right with basket; Second row: 7) kneeling towards right, in front of basket with grapes, blowing trumpet. Written above, "cerere." 8) standing with right foot in basket with grapes, carrying branch 9) running towards right with jar and bowl. Above: "cerere." 10) standing right, lighting torch 11) runing towards right with tambourine 12) walking towards left, playing lyre; Third row: 13) standing towards left, drinking from jug 14) Walking toward left, blowing double-lute 15) sacrificing 16) leaning upon pedestal, pouring from jar into bowl. Writing above: "cerere." 17) running towards right, carrying large helmet 18) flying and carrying big shield 19) flying with large sword; written above: "cerere." 23) with big mask 24) running towards left, carrying thyrsus. Figures written in pencil, inscription above in ink: Sala da pranza dipinta nel castello di Cerere. Verso: opposite direction. Outlined scheme of ceiling, with below, winged genii holding festoons.
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: 1901-39-1210
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 wash over black chalk on laid paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 26 x 44.1 cm (10 1/4 x 17 3/8 in.)