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Ceiling Design for Numa Pompilius Welcomed to Rome after his Election, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Numa accompanied by two mace bearers, shown in profile near altar, with crowds at left and upon Capitoline stairs.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
Date
1804–05
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on white laid paper
Dimensions
19.1 x 14.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
matted w/-3451,-3460
Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.)
Type
interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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