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Felice Giani

428 works

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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