Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti — Giovanni Domenico Ferretti. Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy, 1724–25. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Study for ceiling decoration with Mars, Minerva, and a dancing satyr, for the Villa Puccini di Scornio, Pistoia, Italy

by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti

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Artist: Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (Italian, Florence 1692–after 1768 Florence)
Date: 1724–25
Medium: Black chalk, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, on pale rose washed paper; framing lines in pen and black ink
Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 14 1/8in. (25 x 35.9cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1989
Accession no.: 1989.153

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