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Felice Giani

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Ink and wash sketch of three classical scenes with seated and standing figures, with handwritten Italian captions.

Cornelia, Mother of Gracchi; Socrates, Alcibiades and Aspasia; Zeus and the Maidens of Crotone

Pencil drawing of a youthful face with a garland and a bearded satyr mask with pointed ears and an open mouth.

Mask with Garland and ears; Mask with Beard and Ears of Satyr

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures in conversation around a desk in an interior, with a handwritten Italian caption below.

Socrates, Pericles, Alcibiades, Aspasia in Discussion

1810

Brown ink drawing of Alexander the Great in armor facing the reclining philosopher Diogenes beside an arch, with soldiers and

Alexander the Great and Diogenes

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a putto holding a basin with a scorpion tail, a lunette design for a ceiling.

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

1800

Four vertical ink designs of ornate candelabra with scrollwork, figures and armor on pale blue paper.

Four Candelabra Designs

1800

Watercolor and ink ceiling design with radiating canopy, central oval of Aurora and putti, and garlands.

A Canopied Ceiling with Aurora in Central Panel

1810

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a Pompeiian-style wall and ceiling with winged figures, drapery swags, and columns.

Wall and Ceiling Decorations in the Pompeiian Style

1810

Pen and ink sketch of a pedestal table with flowers and a console table with fluted columns, with faint pencil room outlines.

Project for Tables; Sketches for Chests of Drawers and Possibly Frieze Stand

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna seated on clouds in an arched niche, holding the Christ child.

Madonna and child

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of the crucified Christ with soldiers, a skull, and a distant city.

Crucifixion

1810

Oval brown ink wash drawing of veiled women gathered around a seated figure with a scroll beside an altar in a classical inte

Figural Scene with People Gathered Around a Seated Woman who Reads from Scroll

Brown wash drawing of Hebe pouring wine for seated Jupiter, with an eagle, cherubs and clouds around them.

Hebe Pours Wine into Jupiter's Bowl

1810

Ink and wash sheet with eight oval studies of winged female allegorical figures holding trumpets, torches, mirrors and serpen

Ceiling Design, History, Abundance in Six Ovals, Sala di Ercole ed Ebe, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of four horses through clouds, with a winged figure above.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Sun, for the Sala di Apollo e Diana, Palazzo Bianchetti, Bologna

1810

Pencil sketch of two classical women: one plays a lyre, the other dances with arm raised, with Italian annotations.

Terpsichore, Muse of Dance and Erato, Muse of Love Poetry

1810

Pen and wash design sheet with rows of arched and diamond panels showing classical figures with sea centaurs and scrollwork.

Women Riding Sea Centaurs, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures worshipping a nude statue beside an incense altar, with classical buildings in a

The Worship of Amor Vincitor

1810

Brown ink drawing of ten circular mythological scenes with classical deities, altars and ruins arranged in two rows.

Nine Circular Compositions with Diety Subject Matter

1800

Pen and ink drawing on blue paper of Hercules rising to Olympus among enthroned gods, winged figures and garlanded cherubs.

The Apothesis of Hercules, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated allegorical woman with an open book, flanked by two winged putti on clouds.

Theology, after Raphael Sansio, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican

1820

Pencil drawing of two vertical panels of stacked military trophies with helmets, shields, armor, swords and ribbons.

Two Panels of Trophies

1810

Brown ink and wash sketch of a battle between centaurs and Lapiths, with warriors grappling and raised weapons.

Sketchbook Page: Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths

1810

Pencil drawing of two friezes showing a sea centaur with a ram-headed creature above and a sea figure battling a winged sea m

Sea Centaur Battles Sea Monster

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior pointing beside an altar marked Apollo, with a ship and crowd in an octagona

Themistocles

1810

Ink and wash drawing of three nude female figures holding a garland, flanked by two winged cupids in a trapezoidal frame.

The Three Graces

1810

Pencil frieze of winged putti riding dolphins over waves, with a bearded sea god's face at the right.

Frieze with Dolphins and Putto

1820

Brown ink and wash sheet of grouped studies: a Madonna with angels, robed figures, crowded interiors, and an architectural mo

Studies after Paintings by Perugino and Alfonso Lombardo in Bologna; sixteenth-century monument, Bologna

1810

Pencil sketch of two winged, serpent-entwined ornamental masks with a small scroll study beneath them.

Mask with Two Heads; Mask with Two Serpent Heads

1800

Ink and wash drawing of two octagonal mythological scenes with figures, vine arches and a mask, captioned in Italian.

Birth of Bacchus; Banquet of Bacchus and Ariadne

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining couple with a cupid in a garden, framed in an octagon with pencil grid numbers.

Ceiling Design with Rinaldo and Armida, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman reading, with a winged putto holding a torch beside a lamp stand.

Vigilance

1810

Ink and wash drawing of draped figures in a classical interior within an octagonal frame, with a standing attendant holding a

Virgil Reading the Eulogy of Marcellus to Lucretia and Augustus, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

1810

Pen and ink drawing of Achilles learning lyre from centaur Chiron, with seated women and a distant landscape.

Achilles Taught by Centaur Chiron How to Play Lyre

1790

Pencil design for a ceiling with a central chariot scene, winged figures, trumpets and ornamental scrolls in a grid layout.

Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical underworld scene with a enthroned figure, robed attendants, and columns.

Hades; Persephone in the Underworld (Offering to Proserpine)

1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of an eagle with spread wings standing on a bicorne hat, with the letter N below.

Project: Eagle displayed, with inverted wings, standing upon a French bicorne hat

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of turbaned, robed men in discussion around a celestial globe beneath draped curtains.

Magi Conversing about Heavenly Bodies, after Perino del Vaga

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a swooning woman held by two winged angels, with a man and a cherub beside her.

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated draped figure holding a scroll, with sketched heads at upper right.

Five Figures from Parnassus by Raphael Sanzio

1810

Pen and ink drawing of Thetis dipping infant Achilles into a river among draped women, reeds, and a decorated urn.

Thetis Plunges Achilles in River Styx

1790

Colored pen drawing of a coffered ceiling design with a central medallion showing a figure on a sea chariot among cherubs.

Design for Ceiling with Triumph of Galatea

1800

Pen and wash study of an ornamental ceiling with coffered panels, a column detail, and a temple facade sketch.

Study for the Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Pen and grey wash ceiling design with coffered panels, figurative medallions and corner spandrels by Felice Giani, 1810.

Ceiling Design for Room in Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

1810

Pen and ink drawing of two decorative friezes with winged putti, scrolling foliage, birds, and flowers, with handwritten colo

Two Friezes

1810

Brown ink drawing of two round medallions and an octagonal panel showing chariots, winged Victory and a warrior.

Two Circular and Octagonal Painting for Ceiling: Deeds of Alexander the Great

1790

Graphite drawing of a draped woman seen from behind holding a celestial sphere, identified as Urania, Muse of Astronomy.

Urania, Muse of Astronomy

1800

Brown wash drawing of a prison cell with despairing men, chains, a barred window and a kneeling figure.

Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated classical woman in draped robes, one arm outstretched, on a pedestal.

Study after an Antique Statue of a Seated Woman

1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of a vertical panel with a helmet, shield, crossed swords and a fluted column as trophies.

Panel of Trophies

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated robed woman with scrolls, cherubs and an Egyptian-style figure on clouds.

The Philosopher, After Raphael

1810

Ink and wash drawing of two oval medallions, one with a lyre player and lion, the other with a kneeling figure at a temple.

Orpheus, Ceres, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of the nine Muses seated in rows with labels, plus tragedy and comedy masks below.

Designs for paintings in Montmorency: The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy

1810

Pen and brown wash roundel of a chariot with two horses, a winged figure, and the word PACE above.

Triumph of Peace, Roundel, for the Aldini Villa at Montmorency

1810

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules wrestling the river god Achelous, with winged figure and spectators in background.

The Struggle between Hercules and the River God Achelous

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a couple embracing beside two draped standing women, an ornate chair and a pedestal in a classi

The Love of Helen and Paris

1810

Pen and wash drawing of a ceiling design in perspective with octagonal medallions, painted panels and small grotesque figures

Ceiling of a Small Cabinet, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

1810

Pencil drawing of two winged women in classical robes flanking a handled urn beneath a medallion and garlands.

Frieze with Bacchantes

1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged woman driving a chariot of winged horses, with a trumpeting putto in the clouds.

Fame or Victory in a Chariot, Sala di Nike, Palazzo Naldi, Faenza

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a group of robed standing figures, one bearded man holding a staff at center.

Paul Preaching in Athens, after Raphael

1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth taming a rearing white horse while a seated figure and soldiers watch.

Alexander the Great Taming Bucephalus

1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of Neptune riding a sea chariot over waves, with attendant figures blowing a horn.

Neptune Riding over the Sea in a Chariot

1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of an old man kneeling before a seated warrior in a tent, with a banquet table and figures behind.

Priam in the Tent of Achilles

1790

Ink and wash drawing of a winged figure representing Virgo within a semicircular lunette, with clouds and handwritten notes.

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

1800