A Coffered Dome with Apollo and Phaeton

c. 1787

Felice Giani

Artist, Italian, 1758 - 1823

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray, blue, and pink washes over black chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.9 x 27 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.81.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Yvonne tan Bunzi); acquired 1991 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994.

2023

  • Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1990

  • Bunzi, Yvonne tan and Kate de Rothschild, Master Drawings. London, 1990: 22.

Inscriptions

below image, lower center in brown ink: Soffitto; lower left verso in graphite: 493858

Wikidata ID

Q64561246


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