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Felice Giani: English: Drawing, Caius Mucius Scaevola and Porsena, 1800–1820   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Felice Giani  (1758–1823)  wikidata:Q3105258
 
Felice Giani
Alternative names
Gianni Felice; Felice Gianni
Description Italian painter and engraver
Date of birth/death 15 December 1758 Edit this at Wikidata 21 January 1823 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death San Sebastiano Curone Rome
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artist QS:P170,Q3105258
Title
English: Drawing, Caius Mucius Scaevola and Porsena, 1800–1820
Description
English: In an enormous courtyard, Mucius, in left foreground, thrusts his right hand into the flame of a brazier, while pointing with his left at Porsena who sits upon a throne. The stabbed officer, supported by a soldier, lies beside him, while a group of soldiers stands to the left, and the king's treasurer stands a table at right foreground.
Date 1800–1820
Medium black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash on cream laid paper
Dimensions 15 1/8 x 21 in. (38.4 x 53.4 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-2257
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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Type: Drawing

  • Inscribed: Below image, center left, in pen and brown ink: Muzio Scevola.
  • Period: Neoclassical
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