The Siren's Grotto at Tivoli
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: On recto: two artists are shown, drawing. Three men at the bottom of the falls. Houses of Tivoli visible at the top. Framing line and caption: “Tivoli 10 – la grotto della sirena;” “20” at the top. On verso: sketches for ceiling with fifteen panels, quarter of a ceiling with winged genii, plant candelabra, three curved friezes with grotesque animals. “21” above.
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: 1901-39-2086
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 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 25.6 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)