
Design for a Ceiling with Decoration Related to Virgil's Sixth Canto
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Catalogue
- Year
- 1758
- Dimensions
- 8 x 10 5/16 in. (20.3 x 26.2 cm) irregular borders
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Felice Giani
Artist
Painting
Felice Giani was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style. His grand manner subjects often included Greco-Roman allusions or themes.
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King David’s Sacrifice
1812 · brush on chalk, paper
The Three Fates
1810 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, heightened with white gouache on buff laid paper
Angelica Resting Under a Tree, from Orlando Furioso
1810 · Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory wove paper
Draughtsmen in the Woods around Marescalchi, near Bologna
1810 · pen on paper
Magician Healing Sick Man
1798 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over traces of black chalk, on tan laid paper
Study of Five Vases or Urns
1785 · Pen and gray ink, brush and brown wash, over freehand graphite and ruling, borders in blue wash
Record
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- Felice Giani
- Year
- 1758
- Dimensions
- 8 x 10 5/16 in. (20.3 x 26.2 cm) irregular borders
- Watts ID
- WW-1758-523871
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





