Frontispiece, c. 1690

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series Title

Vari Capricii di Fughe Inventate et intagliate da Carlo Buffagnotti

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 11.3 x 8.6 cm (4 7/16 x 3 3/8 in.)

sheet: 17.4 x 12.2 cm (6 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1997.10.1

Artists / Makers

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti (artist) Italian, c. 1660 - after 1710

Image Use

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Inscription

center in plate: VARI CAPRICII / DI FVGHE / INVENTATE, ET IN / TAGLIATE DA CAR / BVFFAGNOTTI; by later hand, upper center in graphite: Serie completa / Buffagnotti / 152-163; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Buffagnotti 1660-1710; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: No 12 / (illeg)

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Quaritch Ltd., Bernard

Bibliography

1974: Gaeta Bertela, Giovanna and Stefano Ferrara. Incisori Bolognesi ed Emiliani del sec. XVIII. Vol. 3. Bologna, 1974: no. 152.