# Study for Painting, Mount Olympus

**Vito D'Anna** (Italian, 1718–1769)  
1750–60  
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, white gouache on cream laid paper  
45.6 x 27.1 cm (17 15/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1938-88-7331. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/68301).

## About this work

Vertical rectangle. Hermes flying alongside Bacchus and an unidentified goddess seated in the clouds. Apollo and a muse, who holds a plumb-level, are seated on the row of clouds beneath them. Hercules is visible in the distance. Several putti are scattered amongst the gods in the clouds.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

Vito D'Anna painted this in 1750–60, aged 32. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### How it was made

- **Opaque watercolour.** Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Vito D'Anna](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/vito-d-anna)

Italian, 1718–1769

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 32
- Real size: about 18 × 11 in (46 × 27 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Colour: grey
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1739.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1739/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-painting-mount-olympus-si-chndm-1938-88-7331).