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Design for a Ceiling Painting with a Nuptial Allegory
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Design for a Ceiling Painting with a Nuptial Allegory

ca. 1750 - ca. 1775

Medium

pen

Dimensions

h 520mm × w 353mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; watercolor (paint); chalk

Object Type

drawing; design

Subject Matter

Good Omen; 'Augurio buono' (Ripa); Fruitfulness, Productiveness, Fertility, Fecundity; 'Fecondità' (Ripa); 'Benevolenza et Unione matrimoniale', 'Concordia maritale' (Ripa); Happiness, Felicity; Minerva as patroness; symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ education; 'Ammaestramento', Dottrina', 'Educatione', 'Istitutione' (Ripa)

Acquisition Method

trade

Acquired

1971

Notes

height 520 mm x width 353 mm

Collection Type

drawings

About Pietro Antonio III Novelli

1729–1804Republic of Venice

Italian, Venice 1729–1804 Venice