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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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

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

Felice Giani, 1800

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

The Three Graces

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 1790

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

Felice Giani, 1790

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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 1810

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

Felice Giani, 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

Felice Giani, 1790

Drawing of twelve circular medallions in brown ink and wash showing Hercules fighting animals and monsters, with pencil inscr

Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of Hercules wrestling a bull with a raised blade, with a sketched horned river god at left.

Hercules renders Horn from Bull Achelous

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink wash drawing of Hercules wrestling and killing the Nemean lion, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Nemean Lion

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of paired seated women in octagonal frames labeled with Muses' names, plus a small sketch below.

Autumn and Winter: Eight Muses in Pairs set in Octagons

Felice Giani, 1820

Ink and wash sheet with thirteen roundel and octagonal studies of Apollo mythological scenes, annotated in red ink.

Thirteen Apollo Subjects for Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude and draped female figures in a landscape beside a classical column and curtain.

Diana and Callisto, after Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of infant Hercules strangling two serpents in a dark room, with a woman and an older man reacting nearby.

The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpent

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash sheet with eight octagonal designs: six classical figure scenes and two circular foliated ornaments.

Six Octagonal Compostions, Hercules and Hebe, Two Foliated Ornaments, Sala di Ercole e Ebe, Palazzo Gessi

Felice Giani, 1810

Three circular brown ink and wash drawings depicting scenes of Bacchus with attendants, dancers, and satyrs before classical

Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash lunettes showing Achilles driving a chariot past Troy and Priam pleading before a seated warrior at a banq

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector around Walls of Troy, Priam Pleads for the Body of Hector, Ceiling Designs for the…

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules seated beside a bull with kneeling women and a figure holding a wreath, on blue paper.

Hercules and Tole

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash sketch of ten lunette-shaped scenes with seated muses, each labeled in handwritten Italian.

Ten Lunettes with Muse and Mnemosine

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing with two hexagonal scenes of Orpheus and Eurydice: classical figures by a building, and figures in

Two Episodes with Orpheus and Eurydice

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of two hexagonal panels showing classical figures, a lyre player, and musicians among attendants.

Orpheus Among the Muses; Orpheus Playing the Lyre

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing with three classical scenes: a banquet in an octagon, figures at a desk, and Minerva with cherubs and tro

Bacchus, Apollo and Mnemosine; Minerva with Trophies

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules and Iole reclining on a couch with a winged Cupid beside them.

Hercules and Iole

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing in three panels showing mythological figures, clouds, draped groups and a sculptural relief.

Mythological or Biblical Scene; Juno and Jove Enthroned with Three Fates; Three Graces with Apollo and Minerva; Sculp…