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The image shows a large decorative tapestry with a fruit motif, hung against an ornate architectural background. The color scheme is mainly beige and brown. The tapestry is in the center, flanked by acanthus leaves, and framed by a balustrade below. Festoon-like garlands hang from the top corners towards the center.
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The image shows a large decorative tapestry with a fruit motif, hung against an ornate architectural background. The color scheme is mainly beige and brown. The tapestry is in the center, flanked by acanthus leaves, and framed by a balustrade below. Festoon-like garlands hang from the top corners towards the center.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Architectural Motif with a Drape with Fruit

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti

Date
c. 1690
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11.3 x 9.2 cm (4 7/16 x 3 5/8 in.) sheet: 17.3 x 11.8 cm (6 13/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1997.10.7
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Vari Capricii di Fughe Inventate et intagliate da Carlo Buffagnotti

Subjects and terms

  • Italian
  • etching
  • detail and ornament
  • architecture
Inscription

upper left in plate: C; by later hand, upper left (up-side-down) in graphite: Buffagnotti di / Bologna

NGA object ID 102373. 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.