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Brown ink and wash stage design of a classical temple with a draped curtain, a flying winged figure, robed figures around a smoking tripod, and a crowd at right.

Stage Design: Curtain, The Workshop of Apollo

Pen and brown ink with brown wash stage design showing a draped curtain framing a classical temple interior. A winged figure flies beneath a coffered ceiling while robed figures gather around a smoking tripod, and a crowd fills the colonnaded hall at right.

Artist
Felice Giani
Date
1800–1805
Medium
Pen and brown ink (iron gall ink) brown wash
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3657 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1805).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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