This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color silver rosybrown dimgrey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1938

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Design for Ceiling with Aurora as the Central Motif

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated ca. 1820 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and dark brown and black ink, brush and dark wash on paper.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

13.3 x 17.4 cm (5 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: dove over triplemount in circle over F.

It is inscribed

"Coroni/ Verdi", "ale giale"; "..(?)/Fossa." "rosso"; "darchia"; "ornati diari..(?)".

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Ceiling with Aurora as the Central Motif; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and dark brown and black ink, brush and dark wash on paper.; 13.3 x 17.4 cm (5 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-4923

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18544681/ |title=Drawing, Design for Ceiling with Aurora as the Central Motif |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=20 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>