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Felice Giani

428 works

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Brown ink and wash drawing in two scenes: a seated queen receives two warriors above, and figures with cupids in a rocky land

Aeneas and Achates before Dido; the Love of Aeneas and Dido

1810

Brown ink wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds with angels, while a crowd gazes upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

1810

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed figure reading a book on clouds, with two winged angels holding palm fronds.

St. Paul in the Clouds with Angels and Palms

1810

Ink and wash design study with an octagonal central panel of classical figures and a cupid, flanked by two round roundels.

Peace, Vaulted Panel, Sala d' Onore and the Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

1810

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted warrior in a chariot dragging a nude body past onlookers at a city wall.

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector

1790

Pen and watercolor sketch of Phaeton and Apollo on a chariot amid clouds and sun rays, with a winged cherub below.

Phaeton Bidding Apollo Farewell

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of flying putti with a garland, a she-wolf nursing two infants, and musician putti below.

Three Putti with Garland; Romulus and Remus Breastfeeding from She-Wolf; Two Putti Playing Cymbals

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of decorative panels, griffins, putti, columns and architectural ornament on one sheet.

Rendering of Various Decorative details of Bologna; Verso: Architectural Details

1810

Pen and gray wash design for a vaulted ceiling panel with a central figural scene and two small putti medallions.

Abundance, Vaulted Panel, Sala d'onore, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged putti in four octagons and two circles, surrounded by clouds, by Felice Giani.

Putti in Four Octagons and Two Circles

1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of two winged putti with wreath and thyrsus staff flying in a circular frame over clouds.

Two Flying Putti with Attributes of Dionysus

1800

Pen and ink sketch sheet with multiple scenes: a knight fighting a dragon, a battle, and classical figures.

St.George and the Dragon by Raphael; Biblical Scene; Disposition by Caravaggio; Ero e Leandro; Love by Lambert Sustri…

Brown ink wash stage design of a domed theatre with a winged figure, classical columns, and a crowd around a smoking altar.

Stage Design: Curtain, The Workshop of Apollo

1800

Brown ink drawing of two horizontal friezes showing winged putti playing among vases, garlands and animals.

Design for Two Friezes with Putti

1800

Pen and ink sketch of nude Hercules with club and lion skin beside a serpent in a garden, with Italian caption below.

Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

1800

Ink and wash drawing of Alexander and the family of Darius in a tent, with armored men, kneeling women and a child.

Ceiling Design, Alexander and the Family of Darius, the Clemency of Alexander, Sala di Alessandro, Palazzo Naldi, Faenza

1800

Pen and ink drawing of three stacked trapezoid decorative panels with mythological figures, putti, centaurs and flowers.

Decorative Project: Three Trapezoids with Flora and Zefiro

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery with a fruit basket, beside a sketched ornamental panel.

"The Foliage of Berenice:" from Callimachus

Ink and wash drawing of Ceres enthroned under a drape with attendants, plus sketches of figures and ornament on the right.

The Seasons Bring Gifts to Ceres and Triptolemus

1810

Pencil drawing of a winged woman seated on draped cloth, looking upward while writing on a tablet with a stylus.

Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical scenes with seated women, cornucopia, scales, and winged putti.

Two Octagons: Vigilance, Beneficence

1810

Brown ink drawing of Minerva in a helmet writing on a tablet, with an owl on a pedestal and scrolls beside her.

Minerva

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of four allegorical scenes with classical columns, a winged trumpeter, and theatre masks.

Four Allegories of Commedia and Tragedy

1800

Brown ink and wash design for a stage curtain showing winged figures and muses in a domed temple beneath beams of light.

Design for Stage Curtain: Temple of Fame

1810

Ink and wash drawing of a coffered ceiling design with octagonal and circular panels showing classical sacrifice scenes.

Decorative Design for Ceiling

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical wall designs with seated female figures and winged putti.

Justice and Strength: Project for Two Octagonal Wall Paintings

1810

Ink and wash drawing with four panels depicting scenes from the myth of Apollo, including Daphne, Hyacinth and the Python.

Four Drawings of the Myth of Apollo; Decoration of a Wall over a Mantel, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

1810

Pencil drawing of mythological figures battling winged sea monsters in two horizontal friezes, by Felice Giani, 1800.

Triton Combats Sea Monster

1800

Sepia drawing of a canal with arched buildings and water wheels beside a Gothic arcade with figures and a cart.

Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Sculpture; Verso: Geometric Designs

1810

Ink drawing of a reclining nude man beside a standing draped figure offering a bow and arrows, with foliage behind.

Hercules adds Bow and Arrow to Philactetes

1810

Pen and ink sketch of a lunette with two reclining figures flanking a standing draped figure, labeled Apollo Mnemosyne Giove.

Design for Lunette with Apollo, Mnemosyne and Jove

1810

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure with curly hair standing before classical arches and architecture, with small figures in

Saint Sebastian

1810