Design for a crest with a coat of arms
date: label: Date
content: 1829
name: label: Artist
content: Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti, Italian, active in France, 1791 - 1853
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A design for a coat of arms rests on a two-storied base. A winged putto rests on either side of the crest, each kneeling atop a scrolling ornament. They each hold an end of a festoon upon which a crowned escutcheon rests bearing three small lioness heads and an inscription.
place: label: made in
content: Italy/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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-64-138
objectType: 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 brown wash, traces of graphite on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23.2 × 37.2 cm (9 1/8 × 14 5/8 in.)