Architectural Motif with Three Shields, Two with Figures

c. 1690

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti

Artist, Italian, c. 1660 - after 1710

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.3 x 9.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.4 x 12.2 cm (6 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.10.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bernard Quaritch Ltd.); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1974

  • Gaeta Bertela, Giovanna and Stefano Ferrara. Incisori Bolognesi ed Emiliani del sec. XVIII. Vol. 3. Bologna, 1974: no. 155.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: 17; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Buffagnotti di Bologna

Wikidata ID

Q75406748

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