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Felice Giani

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Ink and wash drawing of a small domed pavilion on columns, with a handwritten Italian dedication to Apollo at upper right.

Elevation of a Small Round Domed Room

1800

Pen drawing of ornamental moldings and three triangular lunettes with small classical figure scenes and garlands.

Moldings and Three Triangular Lunettes

1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of two octagonal panels showing classical gods Mars and Juno, and Mercury and Diana, in reclining p

Mars and Juno; Mercury and Diana set in Diagonal Composition

1810

Watercolor architectural drawing of a chapel elevation with altar and columns, with a floor plan below and small ornament stu

A Chapel; Elevation and Floor Plan

1820

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, a winged woman pointing beside a helmeted seated woman, with a bust and the words

Monument for an Accademia della Pace

1810

Pen and ink sheet of decorative studies with putti, garlands, candelabra motifs and coffered ceiling designs with Italian not

Decorative Studies; Verso: Anatomical Studies

1810

Brown ink drawing of a robed woman among clouds with angels and cherubs, beside an oval Madonna and child medallion.

Female Figure Among Clouds; Resurrection, Study after Panetti

1820

Circular pen drawing of a sun chariot with horses, winged figures and draped women among clouds, with reclining figures below

The Sun, the Hours, and the Seasons, for Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

1810

Brown ink drawing of a seated woman painting a nude model at an easel beside a classical bust.

An Artist and His Model

1778-1823

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with ornate scrollwork, medallions and a central scene of two figures in a landscape.

Design for a Ceiling with Decoration Related to Virgil's Sixth Canto

1778-1823

Brown ink and wash design for a ceiling with a central flying winged couple and surrounding ornamental panels.

Design for a Ceiling

n.d.

Brown ink drawing of five neoclassical urns and vases with lids, handles, and reliefs of a Medusa head, eagle, and serpent.

Study of Five Vases or Urns

ca. 1790-1800

Pen and brown ink sketch of two seated figures at a table, one writing with a quill beside an inkwell.

Self-Portrait Writing with a Companion

1780/1786

Brown ink drawing of Madonna holding the Christ child, with St. Joseph standing behind them at left.

Madonna and Child with St. Joseph

1810

Pencil design drawing of a garden fountain with cascading water and a relief frieze of reclining mythological figures.

Design for Fountain with Tritone

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of four framed allegorical figures representing America, Asia, Africa and Europe in classical inte

The Four Continents: America, Asia, Africa, Europe

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto flying among clouds in a lunette shape, with a handwritten inscription above.

Winter, Lunette for Ceiling of Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged goddess Iris pointing beside an old bearded man, with columns and a distant warrior camp

Iris Encourages Priam to Beg the Body of Hector from Achilles

1810

Brown ink drawing of a winged classical figure inscribing text on an oval shield beside a pedestal and urn.

A Winged Victory Inscribing the Date 1805 on a Shield

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures on a balcony under a colonnade, with a woman carrying a basket and an arched bridge bel

Study of the Visitation, After Peter Paul Rubens

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels playing a tambourine, lute and flute among clouds.

Concert of Angels

1810

Ink and wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical panels with seated female figures, winged putti, and a shield with a lion.

Justice and Strength, in Two Octagons

1810

Ink drawing of a reclining hero on a funeral pyre as a kneeling man lights it with a torch, with arrows on the ground.

Philactetes Applies the Torch of Hercules to the Funeral Pyre

1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of two roundels: a winged victory driving a horse chariot, and a winged victory crowning seated Min

A Winged Victory Riding a Chariot; A Winged Victory Crowning Minerva; two roundels

1800

Pen and ink ceiling design with a central medallion of a classical figure in clouds, surrounded by winged figures and garland

Design for Ceiling with Aurora as the Central Motif

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus mourning the dying Adonis, with cupids, a boar and a hilly landscape behind.

Death of Adonis

1810

Pen and brown ink sketch of an artist's studio with a standing man, an easel, and seated nude models beneath draped curtains.

Figural Scene with Artist Drawing Female Figure While Man Watches from Behind

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of three classical scenes of warriors and women in interiors, with Italian captions.

Agamemnon Refuses to Liberate Chryseis; Minerva Appears to Achilles; The Abduction of Briseis: Galerie d'Iliad, Palaz…

1800

Sepia ink sketch of a mounted battle scene above and a warrior on an elephant among soldiers below.

Sketchbook Page: Death of Flaminius in the Battle of Trasimeno; Annabelle Loses an Eye in the Swamps of Fiano, Tuscany

1800

Brown ink drawing of a crowd of men with raised daggers attacking a reclining figure in a classical interior with arched nich

The Killing of Cesare

1780

Pen and ink design sketch of a chandelier, garlands, and two consoles with pedestal in a neoclassical interior.

Project for Two Consoles

Pencil drawing of four decorative vases with snake and swan handles, classical figure reliefs and floral ornament.

Four Vases

1780

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Adoration of the Shepherds with a kneeling woman, an infant, crowded figures and a standing d

Adoration of the Shepherds; Arcangle St. Michael after Raphael; St. Margarite after Raphael; Aloof de Wignancourt by…

1800

Pen and watercolor sketch of Apollo chasing Daphne, who reaches toward a laurel branch, in a hexagonal frame.

Apollo and Daphne

1790

Pencil sketch of a tiered fountain with winged figures supporting its basin, with small figures in a colonnaded courtyard.

Fountain Supported by Three Harpies and Three Groups of People in Garden in Villa Albani, Rome

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of bearded Saint Matthew with a book and a winged angel beside a tablet, in classical architecture

Saint Matthew and an Angel

1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of a crowded battle scene with mounted riders, soldiers and fallen figures across a horizontal frie

Battaglia (Battle)

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of two draped female figures embracing, one holding an olive branch, against a shaded background.

The Personification of Justice and Peace

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman pouring from a jug to a winged youth, with a putto and wheat stalk; labeled Temp

Temperance

1810

Ink drawing of two friezes: winged putti playing with sea creatures above, and putti leading a sheep beside an altar below.

Design for Two Freizes

1800

Four brown ink and wash studies on one sheet showing haloed figures, cherubs among clouds, embracing putti and two women.

Lunette with St. Peter and St.Paul with St. Matthew and the Prophet Isaiah, Study after Sebastiano del Piombo

1820

Pen and brown ink drawing in an oval of gods feasting at a table with putti and attendants bearing garlands and vessels.

Banquet of the Gods, variant for the Sala di Pranza, Palazzo Guarini, Forli

1810

Pen and brown wash sheet with twenty-four studies of winged putti carrying baskets, instruments and garlands.

Twenty-Four Putti, Decoration for the Dinning Room, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

1810

Pen and wash design sheet with hexagonal panels of Psyche scenes, oval portrait medallions, and handwritten Italian labels.

Decoration for the Ceiling of a Bedroom in Villa Aldini, Montmorency

1810

Ink drawing of Hercules raising a club while subduing the three-headed dog Cerberus, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Cerberus

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed figures around an altar with a kneeling figure and trumpeters.

Heathen Sacrifice, after Perino del Vaga

1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of four horizontal friezes showing crowded classical figures in Bacchic processions and sacrifices

Birth of Bacchus; triumph of Bacchus and Arianna; Triumph of Silos

Brown ink drawing of nude and draped figures at a feast beside a table, with a distant classical temple in the landscape.

Diana and Callisto, Dining Room, Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna

1810

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules hurling a figure into the sea, with a stormy sky, rocky shore and classical urn.

Hercules Hurls Lichas into the Sea

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of four octagonal panels with draped allegorical women and classical architectural settings.

Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

1810

Pen and grey wash design sketch of a vaulted ceiling with a central seated female figure and two circular putti medallions.

Prudence, Vaulted Panel, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

1810

Oval pen and brown wash drawing of a high priest raising a rod over a seated woman before a temple altar.

The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of armored warriors in combat beside an altar with a severed head, with fallen figures on the groun

Sketchbook Page: Peruses Transforms Phinaeus into Stone

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a child, a lamb, and a rocky landscape with a tall tree.

Madonna and Child with St. Anna and Lamb, after Leonardo

1810

Brown ink and wash lunette study of a winged figure with a fish tail beside a fish, with ruler marks along the edges.

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

1800

Ink and wash drawing with two scenes: a robed man addressing a crowd, and a seated woman speaking with a standing man in a cl

Design for Palazzo Conti

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by winged angels and cherubs under a pale halo.

The Annunciation of the Virgin, After Guido Reni

1810

Two oval ink and wash drawings: a seated woman with sheep, and a figure in a serpent-drawn chariot over clouds.

Pales, Triptolemus, Decoration for a Vault, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi

1800

Brown ink sketch of a man reclining on a couch with a sword as mourners raise their arms beside him under a stormy sky.

Suicide of Marcus Porcius Cato

1870

Pen and watercolor drawing in a hexagonal frame of Apollo with a bow striding toward a serpent-like python on a rocky ground.

Apollo kills the Python

1790

Ink and wash drawing of Ulysses and Penelope reunited with Minerva, framed by smaller classical narrative roundels and curved

The Return of Ulysses to Ithaca, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man comforting a reclining woman in pink drapery before a rocky landscape, in a hexagonal f

Jupiter consoles an imploring goddess, probably Venus

1790

Pen and ink drawing of five ceiling designs with coffered panels, medallions and numbered Italian notes.

Five Ceiling Schemes

1810

Pen and brown ink drawing with four mythological scenes showing winged figures, a bull, a horse, a sea serpent and an altar w

The Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire

1800