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Felice Giani

428 works

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Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged putto holding a flower wreath while flying among clouds, in a lunette shape.

Spring, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Ink drawing of four ornamental columns labeled Ariosto, Goldoni, Dante and Alfieri, decorated with masks, books and a lyre.

Four Columns to Italian Renaissance Writers

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical figures in two scenes, including a judgement and a flaying, by Felice Giani.

The Judgement of Solomon; The Flaying of Marsyas

1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of women gathered around jewelry in a room, with a seated man gesturing toward them.

Ulysesses Discovers Achilles in Scyros

1790

Pen and ink drawing of a sun god in a chariot pulled by winged horses, led by a winged aurora figure over clouds.

Sun God Being Dragged Into Sky and Preceded By Aurora

1810

Oval brown ink wash drawing of Ulysses and companions escaping in a boat from the Cyclops's cave with sheep.

Ulysses Escapes the Cyclops’s Cave and Embarks with a Companion

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman on clouds with a winged putto holding a tablet and a child.

The Astronomer, After Raphael

1810

Ink and wash design with a seated allegorical woman, a putto and columns in a central panel, flanked by two round medallions

Vaulted Panel Design, Allegory of Justice, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome, Italy

1810

Pen and ink design drawing of a quarter ceiling with curved bands, scrolls and floral ornament on pale paper.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling

1800

Brown ink drawing of figures in procession offering garlands to a nude statue before a classical temple and rotunda.

Worship of Venus in a Classical Landscape

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed men standing together in an interior beside a bench.

Apostles after Raphael's "Death of Ananias"

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted soldier raising a sword over a seated man beside classical arches and columns.

The Death of Archimedes

1810

Pen and ink sketch of three octagonal vignettes of classical figures with Italian captions, study for a Theseus room.

Three Sketches of Theseus Subjects, for the Sala di Teseo, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli

1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of dancing women and reclining revelers beside a fountain and classical architecture.

Bacchanalian Scene with Circle of Dancing Figures

1820

Pen and ink design for a stage curtain showing a crowd gathered before a classical temple beneath clouds.

Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous

1810

Brown ink drawing of two friezes showing mythological figures with winged sea serpents and hybrid creatures.

Bythos and Aphros

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman surrounded by angels and musicians on clouds under a radiant arch.

Virgin Ascending with Concert of Angels

1810

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental friezes with masks, grapevines, bull skulls, a classical base and scrollwork.

Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament

1800

Pen and ink drawing of architectural ornament with columns, capitals, arched doorway, winged figures and an eagle.

Decorative Study; Verso: Anatomical Study

1810

Brown ink wash drawing of two draped classical figures on steps, one seated gesturing, with a standing figure behind.

Man and Woman, Cartoon for "Death of Ananias" after Raphael Sanzio

1810

Pen and ink sheet of ornamental friezes, moldings and a candelabrum with scrollwork and handwritten material notes.

Eight Studies of Friezes and Candelabrum

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing in an oval: a draped woman offers a cup to a reclining bearded god, with cherubs in clouds above.

Hebe Offering a Drink to Zeus

1810

Pen and ink drawing of a seated warrior in a tent as a woman is led forward by a helmeted man and bearded elders.

Achilles Yields Briseis

1790

Sepia drawing of four allegorical female statues in arched niches labeled Musica, Architettura, Pittura, Scoltura, with a sma

Four Statues in Niches: Music, Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture; Study of Bacchus and Mercury

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with saints, a lion, angels and classical temples in a landscape.

Madonna and the Infant, St. Jerome, Mary Magdalene and Angels, after Correggio

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of a young man holding a dagger toward a reclining older man on a draped bed.

The Son of Marcus Cato Bring a Dagger to his Father

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of two nude men in a landscape with a draped figure, discs on the ground, and a river.

Apollo and Hycianth, after Domenichino

1810

Pen and ink drawing of helmeted Prudence seated in an oval, holding a mirror and a serpent, labeled PRUDENZA.

Decorative Project with Prudence in Oval

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of a neoclassical interior with seated and standing women, children, and a bust on a pedestal.

Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

1810

Pencil drawing of two decorative friezes with rams, candelabra, a shield and swords, and winged sphinxes, griffin and putti.

Two Friezes with Rams, Candelabra, Trophies and Putti

1800

Brown ink drawing of ten octagonal and round panels showing classical mythological figures with handwritten Italian labels.

Ten Octagons with Mythological Figures

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing in lunette shape: a helmeted figure points at a seated woman and a draftsman at a table.

Lunette with Allegory of Architecture

1810