Abundance, Vaulted Panel Design, Sala d'onore, Quirinal Palace, Rome

A trapezoidal sheet with a central oval-framed scene of a seated figure and reclining forms beside a sweeping fan of rays, flanked by two small round medallions with foliage and figures. Pen and gray ink with gray wash over faint ruled chalk lines suggests a decorative ceiling design.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1812

Medium

Pen and dark gray ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk ruled lines on light greenish-beige wove paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3999 × 1293 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum