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Personification of Two of the Elements

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal rectangle. Above: Water Amphitrite riding over water. Caption: "3 aqua". Below: Cybele in chariot drawn by lions, upon which putti with torches sit. Caption: "4 terra."
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
Date
1800–1823
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash, black chalk, traces of graphite on off white laid paper
Dimensions
23.3 x 10.3 cm (9 3/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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