Three Escutcheons with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1670
name: label: Artist
content: Francesco Vaccaro, Italian, 1636 - 1675
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At top, a child’s head is in the top center of the escutcheon, which stands in front of a panel with an ovolo on top. Volutes of two alternative designs flank the entablature. At center, the left and the right halves show different, alternative designs. A foliated mask is in the top center. A putto stands at right. The escutcheon stands in a frame with a laurel molding. At bttom, a scrollwork escutcheon of two alternative designs. A lion-man mask is on top.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-1312
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and ink, bistre wash, oxidized white heightening on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 41 × 26.3 cm (16 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.)