The Road to Caprarola, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, Black chalk, pen and black ink, brush and brown watercolor, graphite on cream laid paper, A road passes a gorge. A Madonna shrine is fixed to a trunk of a tree. A man with a cart on the road. Framing line, caption: “la Strada di Caprarola,” above: “22”. On verso: two sketches for vaulted ceilings, three decorated panels and friezes and moldings. Friezes showing festoons, candelabra and winged genii; putti ride upon festoons; putti riding upon sea monsters. Numbered “23.”, Italy, ca. 1813, landscapes, Drawing

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