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Dancing Fame with Lyre, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani1812

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Fame plays lyre and dances. On ground at left, basket and trumpet; at right, two garlands. Ruled lines in black chalk suggest rectangular molding.

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Title: Dancing Fame with Lyre, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
Date Created: 1812
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/63536
Medium: Pen and dark gray ink, brush and color washes over black chalk ruled lines on beige wove paper
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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