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Numa Pompilius Worshipping Jove on the Aventine, Ceiling Design for the Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
Felice Giani1804–05
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Jupiter, seated upon clouds before slope, extends right hand over Numa who kneels in magic circle. Eagle stands beside Jove, rural gods Pius and Faunus converse in left middle distance. Pitchers from which Numa poured wine into brook beside him; brook runs in right foreground.
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- Title: Numa Pompilius Worshipping Jove on the Aventine, Ceiling Design for the Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
- Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Date Created: 1804–05
- 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 brown wash over black chalk on white laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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