Fame with Trumpet, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani1812

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

On either side of central candelabrum, flying Fame holding garland in one hand and blowing trumpet with other. Ruled chalk lines in black chalk suggest square molding.

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Title: Fame with Trumpet, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
Date Created: 1812
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
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

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