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Winter, the Forge of the Vulcan, Spring, the Bath of Venus, Summer Feasts of Bacchus and Ceres

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vulcan forging arrows which are collected by putti. Venus standing in circular basin served by putti. One of putti points backward where warrior appears. Landscape with part of circular temple.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
Date
ca. 1790
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions
12.3 x 25.5 cm (4 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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