Night and Day in Two Octagons, Pen Drawing for a Bedroom

Two framed octagonal pen drawings on a sheet of laid paper show chariots pulled by horses through clouds, with a winged figure in the upper scene and a team of galloping horses below. Handwritten Italian notes, including 'notte' and 'giorno' and zodiac and month names, label the scenes around the octagons.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

ca. 1815

Medium

Pen and dark brown ink on heavy laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2835 × 4000 px

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