Design for a Painted Ceiling: Triumph of Meekness and Strength, Francesco Manno, Italian, 1754 - 1831, Brush and black wash, pen and ink, black chalk on paper, Seated upon clouds are a woman beside a lamb and an armoured woman holding a column. An angel holding the tiara flies over them, another one shouldering the keys at left, a genius blowing the trumpet, at right. Four animals are shown at the foot of the group: a seal, a unicorn, an eagle with a double head (referring to Austria or Russia), a lion crouching on a fork (England). Written on top, in pencil: 'Trionfo della Mansuetudine

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