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date: label: Date
content: 1625–26
name: label: Artist
content: Francesco Villamena, ca.1566 – 1626
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four winged putti frame an ornamental escutcheon decorated with shell motifs and mask at bottom. Two hover above, carrying fruited garlands, while two others stand below on long band. A shield with the arms of Cardinal Albrodrandini surmounts the escutcheon.
label: Description
content: Both the band and the escutcheon bear text. The band reads: In Roma Apresso Gio Batta de Rossi Milanese in Piazza navona. con licena/de Super- iori somo Pontife MDCXXVI. The escutcheon reads: La Sacra/Genesi/figurata/ da Rafaele D'Urbino/Nelle Logge Vaticane,/Intagliata da/Francesco
label: Description
content: Villamena/dedicata Al'Illustrill. e Reverendill./Sig. Card. Aldobrandino. Matted with 1938-88-8444. Condition notes: poor overall condition. Stained. Discoloration. See Nagler 32 [Georg Kaspar Nagler, Die Monogrammisten und diejenigen be-
label: Description
content: kannten Kunstler aller Schulen..., Munich: G. Franz, 1858-79. Reprint, 1966.
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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: 1938-88-8443
objectType: label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0