Jupiter

A reclining bearded male nude, muscular and partly draped with cloth, extends his arm toward a large eagle with spread wings at left. Brown ink and wash shade the clouds and figures in a horizontal, sketch-like composition on pale paper.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1804

Medium

Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2822 px

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