The image displays an intricately carved frame enclosing a landscape scene. The view is centered on the scene within the frame. The landscape includes buildings and distant hills or trees. The frame and scene are detailed with fine lines and hatching to show texture and depth. The frame is adorned with swirling patterns, scrolls, and a shell motif at the top center. The color scheme is monochromatic, emphasizing the details of the frame and scene. The frame occupies most of the space, directing attention to the central circular landscape, creating a sense of a distant world captured within the design.
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The image displays an intricately carved frame enclosing a landscape scene. The view is centered on the scene within the frame. The landscape includes buildings and distant hills or trees. The frame and scene are detailed with fine lines and hatching to show texture and depth. The frame is adorned with swirling patterns, scrolls, and a shell motif at the top center. The color scheme is monochromatic, emphasizing the details of the frame and scene. The frame occupies most of the space, directing attention to the central circular landscape, creating a sense of a distant world captured within the design.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Architectural Motif with a Landscape

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti

Date
c. 1690
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.2 x 8.7 cm (4 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 17.1 x 12 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1997.10.2
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Vari Capricii di Fughe Inventate et intagliate da Carlo Buffagnotti

Subjects and terms

  • Italian
  • etching
  • detail and ornament
  • architecture
  • Landscape
  • Italy
  • landscape
Provenance

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

Inscription

upper left in plate: A; by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: 15

Watermarks

(cut off)

NGA object ID 102368. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.