Gods on a Cloud-bank
date: label: Date
content: 1790–1830
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Jupiter, the chief god and ruler of the sky in ancient Roman mythology, is seated on the back of an eagle. He is surrounded by Diana, goddess of the hunt, on his left, and two figures holding tridents on his right. A winged figure kneels before him on the right. All the figures appear to be resting on clouds.
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: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-118-75
objectType: label: Type
content: mythology
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on cream paper, laid down
label: Dimensions
content: 11.4 × 15 cm (4 1/2 × 5 7/8 in.)