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Felice Giani: English: Drawing, Iris Encourages Priam to Beg the Body of Hector from Achilles, 1810–20   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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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, Iris Encourages Priam to Beg the Body of Hector from Achilles, 1810–20
Description
English: Iris flies besides the walking Priam; a view into a room with sleeping Trojans is at left; the camp of the Greeks is shown in the right middle plane; Thetis approaches Achilles who sits behind the body of Hector who is fastened to his chariot.
Date 1810–20
Medium pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on thick white wove paper
Dimensions (irregular): 48.5 x 74 cm (19 1/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-600
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower margin: Iride consola Priamo; in pen and brown ink, lower left corner of margin: 21; in black chalk, lower left corner of margin: 109
  • Period: Neoclassical
  • Country: Italy
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