Architectural Motif with Bust and Two Lamps, 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: 11.1 x 8.6 cm (4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

sheet: 17.4 x 12.1 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1997.10.5

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left in plate: A; lower left in plate: C.o B.I:S:; by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: 14; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Buffagnotti di Bologna

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. 156.