File:Drawing, Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, with Nymphs, Centaurs, Stags, and Elephants, ca. 1785 (CH 18544457).jpg

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English: Drawing, Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, with Nymphs, Centaurs, Stags, and Elephants, ca. 1785   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Ceiling in Hadrian's Villa, with Nymphs, Centaurs, Stags, and Elephants, ca. 1785
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English: Design of a ceiling. In the center of the plan is a circle containing a square. The outlines of a cupola are seen from below, inscribed into it. The space of the cupola is filled by a square, in the center of which are the figures of two dancing women. This representation is framed by moldings in cross shape, with ornamented squares in the corners. In the panels of the angles of the large square is a centaur carrying a boy. In the corners of the ceiling are four horizontally rectangular landscapes with their base along the short sides. Between them are quadrigas, both with a winged genius carrying a palm branch, the left one is drawn by four stags, the right one by horses. In the center of the long sides are on either side two heads of elephants, with leaf stems. In the corners above the landscapes are circles with a woman on blue ground. Two framing bands.
Date circa 1785
date QS:P571,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium pen and colored inks, brush and watercolor, guache, over traces of graphite on paper
Dimensions 27.7 x 38.4 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1938-88-4830
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Inscriptions watermark: a shield
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  • Type: Drawing
  • Period: Neoclassical
  • Country: Italy
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