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The image features a shield or plaque with a central urn surrounded by ornate carvings. The color scheme is beige and brown, with varying shades highlighting the details. The urn is in the center, with decorative scrolls on either side, a draped pattern above, and a textured lower section resembling carved stone.
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The image features a shield or plaque with a central urn surrounded by ornate carvings. The color scheme is beige and brown, with varying shades highlighting the details. The urn is in the center, with decorative scrolls on either side, a draped pattern above, and a textured lower section resembling carved stone.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Architectural Motif with Fruit in a Vase

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti

Date
c. 1690
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 11 x 8.7 cm (4 5/16 x 3 7/16 in.) sheet: 17.1 x 12.2 cm (6 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1997.10.12
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

by later hand, lower right in pen and brown ink: 19; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Buffagnotti di / Bologna

NGA object ID 102378. 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.