Sketchbook Page: Peruses Transforms Phinaeus into Stone

Felice Gianica. 1820

Horizontal rectangle showing loosely drawn classical figures against a dark ground.

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Title: Sketchbook Page: Peruses Transforms Phinaeus into Stone
Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
Date Created: ca. 1820
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors

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