Designs for paintings in Montmorency: The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, Pen, black ink, and grey/ brown wash on rough grey paper, Horizontal rectangle. Written top left corner: 'S E Aldini Parisi/ terza camera ossia, sale diptinta/ a Monmorosi/ 4 Gennaio 1813.' Women, seated. Top row left: History shown in profile turned toward right and writing on a tablet. A trumpet leans against the stool. Written on top: 'l/ clio storia.' Left center: Tragedy holding a mask and a sword. Written on top: '2/ tragedia/ melpomene' and '3/ Talia comedia,' respectively. Right center: shown holding a music sheet; a flute leans against the stool. Written on top: '4/ Euterpe musica.' Right: Dance, shown in profile turned toward left, playing the harp. Written on top: '5/ Tersicore danza.' Between 'four' and 'five' is a pen sketch for a different pose of Euterpe, holding a scroll in her lap and a flute in her left hand. Second row, left: Lyric poetry shown in profile, turned toward left, holding the lyre; Cupid speaks to her. Written on top: 6/ Erato poesia lirica.' Left center: Eloquence, shown in profile, turned toward left, holding an open book. A trumpet and books lean against the stool. Written on top: '7/ Calliope Eloquenza.' Center right: Astronomy holding a sphere. Written on top: '8/ urania astronomia.' Right: Rhetoric, raising her right hand and holding a trumpet with her left hand. Bottom: a tragic and a Faun's mask., Italy, 1813, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Designs, paintings, Montmorency, Nine Muses, two masks, Tragedy, Comedy, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, Pen, black ink, grey, brown wash, rough grey paper, Horizontal rectangle, Written top left corner, 'S E Aldini Parisi, terza camera ossia, sale diptinta, Monmorosi, 4 Gennaio 1813, Women, seated, Top row left, History shown, profile turned, right, writing, tablet, trumpet leans, stool, Written, top, 'l, clio storia, Left center, Tragedy holding, mask, sword, Written, top, '2, tragedia, melpomene', '3, Talia comedia, respectively, Right center, shown holding, music sheet, flute leans, stool, Written, top, '4, Euterpe musica, Right, Dance, shown, profile turned, left, playing, harp, Written, top, '5, Tersicore danza, 'four', 'five', pen sketch, different pose, Euterpe, holding, scroll, lap, flute, left hand, Second row, left, Lyric poetry shown, profile, turned, left, holding, lyre, Cupid speaks, Written, top, 6, Erato poesia lirica, Left center, Eloquence, shown, profile, turned, left, holding, open book, trumpet, books lean, stool, Written, top, '7, Calliope Eloquenza, Center right, Astronomy holding, sphere, Written, top, '8, urania astronomia, Right, Rhetoric, raising, right hand, holding, trumpet, left hand, Bottom, tragic, Faun's mask, Italy, 1813, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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