Design of Escutcheon with Coat of Arms
date: label: Date
content: 1620–40
name: label: Artist
content: Leonardo Scaglia, French, active Italy, 1640 – 1650
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation of an escutcheon supported symmetrically by four putti, with two more sitting above. The shield of the escutcheon has four quarters in which are depicted a flowering plant, a monogram with the numeral V above (see also 1938-88-2180), and a stone bridge over a stream. There is a tablet below the escutcheon with an inscription (the same as that of 1938-88-2180), with differences in the orthography.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-2181
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 13.6 x 20.5 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)