Triton Combats Sea Monster, black chalk drawing by Felice Giani

Two registers of a black chalk drawing on off-white laid paper show mythological combats. Above, a muscular figure struggles with a winged, horned sea monster beside a flying figure; below, a bearded figure raises a club against a winged beast with a fish tail while a nude man crouches at left.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

ca. 1805

Medium

Black chalk on off white laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2909 px

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