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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental garden design with scrolling frame, garlands, central fountain and figures in landscape

Gardens of Bacchus

Gabriel Huquier, 1730

Charcoal study of a seated Apollo-like figure with lyre and two youths in a semicircular lunette composition.

Study for "Apollo," Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

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

Felice Giani, 1810

Etching of nymphs bathing by a stream near a rocky cave, with cattle, sheep, and shepherds in a wooded landscape.

Nymphs Bathing Near a Cave

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1740

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

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Death of Adonis

Felice Giani, 1810

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

Apollo and Daphne

Felice Giani, 1790

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

Hercules and Cerberus

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 1810

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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 1790

Brown ink drawing of two octagonal panels: a winged figure handing a lyre to a seated youth, and women kneeling before a stat

Winged Victory Gives Apollo Lyre; Statue of Minerva

Pen and ink design of an oval ceiling with radiating panels, medallions and a central scene of figures.

Oval Ceiling with Three Graces, Design for Sala di Enea, Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink sketch of Hercules lifting the struggling giant Antaeus off the ground in a wrestling hold.

Hercules and Antaeus

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Apollo

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Felice Giani, 1790

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

Felice Giani, 1790

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

Felice Giani, 1780

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

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Felice Giani, 1800

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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 1810