Design for Ceiling with Triumph of Galatea, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, Pen and brown and black ink, brush with watercolor over traces of graphite on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Drawn into plan of room. Center oval representation of pageant of Amphitrite framed in oblong frame and facing door. Curtains fastened to it and to edges of ceiling, like sides of tent, which forms arch below, containing crouching dragons beside candelabrum. Oblique hexagonal panels connect corners of ceiling of frame, containing candelabra., Italy, ca. 1800, architecture, interiors, Drawing

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