Art, literature & history
Architectural Motif with Three Shields
c. 1690
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 11.3 x 9.4 cm (4 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.) sheet: 17.3 x 12.4 cm (6 13/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1997.10.11
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti. Architectural Motif with Three Shields. Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carlo_Antonio_Buffagnotti,_Architectural_Motif_with_Three_Shields,_c._1690,_NGA_102377.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Architectural Motif with Three Shields — Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti. c. 1690.
Medium: etching on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 11.3 x 9.4 cm (4 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.) sheet: 17.3 x 12.4 cm (6 13/16 x 4 7/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1997.10.11. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.