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Design for a Ceiling

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Design for a Ceiling

n.d.

Medium

Graphite, pen and ink with brown wash

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Dimensions

9 7/16 x 10 9/16 in. (23.9 x 26.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William Rieder, 2009

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About 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.

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