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Felice Giani

428 works

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Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo in a chariot pulled by winged horses across clouds, within an octagonal frame.

Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

1800

Pen and ink ceiling design with an oval medallion, scrolling foliage, small figures, and a decorative border on pale paper.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling with a Central Circular Decoration

1820

Pencil sketch of a seated draped woman beside a tall urn on a stepped pedestal with a garland.

Study after a Funeral Monument and Study after Frieze

1800

Ink and wash drawing of two friezes with allegorical figures, chariots, horses, and winged putti.

Personification of Two of the Elements

1800

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated bearded god on clouds with winged figures, musicians, and an altar inscribed PACE.

Olympus

1810

Brown ink and wash sketch of three panels showing winged cupids, a horse-drawn chariot, and a lion with a figure.

Three Panels with Cupids

1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo seated playing a lyre beside a quiver of arrows and a decorative frieze.

Apollo

1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of mythological medallions with nude figures, bulls and a bull's head, by Felice Giani.

Deeds of Jupiter, for a Ceiling

1810

Ink and wash drawing with a central scene of a figure with a bow beside an altar and dog, flanked by two diamond-shaped figur

Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped: Bacchus Marries Ariadne; Triumph of Bacchus

1800

Grey chalk drawing of a monumental fluted urn on a pedestal in a park, with trees and a small figure.

Monumental Vase in a Park

1800

Brown ink sketch of colonnaded arcades, church interiors, a tomb scene and ornamental candelabra designs.

Sketchbook Page: Atrium, San Pietro, Bologna and Detail from San Pietro; Detail from S. Michele in Bosco; Verso, Geom…

1810

Three-panel pen and ink drawing with brown wash showing mythological scenes of a forge, Venus with cupids, and a festive gath

Winter, the Forge of the Vulcan, Spring, the Bath of Venus, Summer Feasts of Bacchus and Ceres

1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of two women with a basket and a bearded man in a plumed hat, with draped classical garments.

Two Women with a Basket

1810

Pen and wash drawing of Apollo and Marsyas in a hexagonal frame, with a lyre beside them and a reclining satyr figure.

Apollo flays Marsyas

1790

Pen and brown ink sketch of kneeling women and children pleading before armored Roman soldiers beside a tent and standards.

Coriolanus Agrees to Lift the Siege of Rome

1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of four oval allegorical figures representing Fortitude, Justice, Prudence and Temperance.

Four Ovals: Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance

1800

Pencil sketch of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with a kneeling saint and lion below and angels above.

Virgin with Christ Child and Saint Jerome

1800

Ink and wash drawing of two scenes: Thetis at a forge with armor, and Thetis presenting armor to a reclining Achilles.

Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to Achilles: Two Designs for Ceiling Panels in the Gal…

1800

Circular ink drawing of classical gods and figures reclining and gathering among clouds, with a handwritten caption below.

Banquet of the Gods

1810

Pen and ink sheet of ceiling decoration studies with roundels and diamond panels showing winged putti and mythological figure

Project for Decoration of Ceiling

1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of four putti playing music above a lower scene of a reclining body mourned by figures in a rocky

Four Putti Making Music, Study after Lodovico Carracci; Christ, Study after Massari

1820

Pen and brown wash design with a central tondo of seated Apollo with lyre and three diamond panels of seasonal figures.

Decorative Project for Central Tondo with Apollo, Autumn and Winter

1780

Pen and brown wash drawing of a dancing figure and a seated figure among looping grapevines in a rectangular frieze.

Celebration of the Vine

1800

Ink and wash drawing in three panels showing classical figures, musicians, putti and grapes representing the seasons.

Spring, Summer, Fall

1790

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing three putti roundels, a central Bacchus and Ariadne scene, and winged figures bes

Bacchus and Ariadne with Autumn and Victories and Three Roundels with Putti

1790

Pen and brown wash sketch of three classical figures: one beside a bust, one at a desk with books, one playing a lyre.

Allegories of Sculpture, Architecture and Music

1800

Four brown ink and wash studies of the Madonna and Child with saints, arranged in two rows on a single sheet.

Madonna and Child and St. John, Study after Francia; Madonna and Child with St. John, Study after Dossi; Madonna and…

1820

Pen and wash design sheet for a ceiling, with a central panel of Spartan women and warriors surrounded by medallions and scro

Design for Ceiling with Spartan Women in Central Rectangular Panel

1800

Pen and wash drawing of a seated lyre player in pink drapery beside a dog and grazing cattle in a wooded landscape.

Apollo Guards the Herds [or Flocks] of King Admetus

1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of eight octagonal panels showing Romulus and Remus legend scenes with warriors and a central emble

Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency

1810

Pen and ink design of a square decorative ceiling with central medallion and garlands, with a small architectural sketch abov

Decorated Ceiling and Wall

1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a dove and laurel branch, flanked by two winged putti, labeled Castità Matr

Matrimonial Chastity, Sala di Corneglia, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

1810