A Coffered Dome with Apollo and Phaeton
Felice Giani
c. 1787
Medium
pen and brown ink with gray, blue, and pink washes over black chalk on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.9 x 27 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1991.81.1
About the Artist
Felice Giani · 1758–1823
Died 21 January 1823. Giani was a student of C.A. Bianchi and Antonio Galli Bibiena in Pavia; from 1778 he was a student of Dom. Pedrini and Ub. Gandolfi in Bologna; from 1780 he was a student of P. Batoni, Chr. Unterberger and G. Antolini at the Academy of S. Luca in Rome.