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Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to Achilles: Two Designs for Ceiling Panels in the Galeria d'Iliade, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
Felice Giani1802–05
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
In upper drawing, Vulcan shows shield made for Achilles to Thetis. In lower drawing, Thetis shows armor to Achilles, who sits in his tent beside dead Patroclus. Girl mourns; warriors observe from behind.
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- Title: Thetis in the Workshop of Hephaestus; Thetis Showing the Armor to Achilles: Two Designs for Ceiling Panels in the Galeria d'Iliade, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
- Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Date Created: 1802–05
- 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 gray-brown wash over graphite on white laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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