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Agostino Mitelli
Freggi dell'architettura1645

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Engraving on cream paper, two vertical grotesque trophy panels stacked with helmets, shields, birds, and fantastical creatures; right panel includes a Latin inscription scroll at the base
Engraving of two vertical grotesque ornamental panels in the Renaissance style, featuring intertwined acanthus scrolls, hybrid figures, serpents, urns, and fantastical creatures rendered in fine hatched linework against a white ground.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental panels featuring densely scrolling acanthus foliage with rosette blooms; the left panel includes two birds among the tendrils, the right panel features a nude putto at the base from which the stems grow upward.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental candelabra designs with stacked urns, acanthus scrolls, winged dragons, and hybrid creatures; fine hatching on white ground; smaller cartouche at lower right encloses a winged figure within a laurel wreath.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental panels featuring densely scrolling acanthus foliage. Left panel centers on a candelabra form with blossoms. Right panel includes a bird in flight at center and two winged hybrid creatures crouching at the base.
Engraving showing two vertical decorative candelabra designs with stacked urns, acanthus scrollwork, birds, grotesque figures, and dragons; the right panel includes a medallion with a standing female figure at the base.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental friezes featuring stacked military trophies: helmets, shields, crossed weapons, banners, and grotesque masks, rendered with fine hatching on a white ground.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental panels with stacked urns, candelabra forms, acanthus scrolls, grotesque masks, winged birds, and shell motifs rendered in fine hatched lines.
Engraving of two vertical decorative friezes featuring stacked grotesque motifs: eagles, lions, armor, serpents, a bull's head, and fantastical creatures interwoven with weapons, scrollwork, and ribbons; Latin inscription at lower right reads 'IO: GOZADINUS ARCHID: BON: ET HVIVS MONAST: COMEN.'
Two vertical engraved grotesque ornament panels with dense scrolling acanthus foliage, candelabra forms, birds, winged creatures, and fantastical figures arranged symmetrically on hatched grounds.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental panels, each featuring densely scrolling acanthus foliage with small birds perched among the curling leaves and blossoms, rendered in fine hatched lines on a gray ground.
Engraving of two vertical decorative friezes featuring stacked heraldic elements: plumed helmets, shields, crossed weapons, winged creatures, a boar's head, and scrolling acanthus foliage, rendered in fine hatched lines.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental panels with dense Baroque grotesque designs; left panel features interlaced acanthus scrolls, serpents, and a central urn; right panel shows a large decorated vase flanked by putti and female herms atop a pedestal with a winged figure, all rendered in fine hatched lines.
Engraving showing two vertical decorative candelabra designs with stacked urns, vases, winged dragons, dolphins, birds, and acanthus scrollwork in fine cross-hatched detail.
Engraving of two vertical decorative friezes featuring stacked grotesque and military trophies: masks, hybrid sea-creature figures, helmets, shields, crossed weapons, armor, urns, and a Medusa-head roundel at lower right, rendered in fine hatched linework.
Engraving of two vertical decorative candelabra or grotesque ornamental columns, densely stacked with fantastical creatures including eagles, griffins, dragons, and swans interspersed with urns, vases, and acanthus scrollwork, rendered in fine black and white hatching.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental panels featuring stacked vases, urns, and candelabra-like forms interwoven with acanthus scrolls, birds, serpents, and fantastical creatures in densely layered grotesque ornament style, rendered with fine hatching.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental friezes featuring stacked trophies of arms and armor — helmets, shields, swords, scrolls, and animal heads — arranged along a central axis with fine hatched line work.
Engraving of two vertical grotesque ornamental panels with finely detailed linework, featuring stacked urns, candelabra, acanthus scrolls, winged creatures, dragons, a spread-winged eagle at top left, suspended hares at top right, and a mask-bearing chimera at lower right.
Engraving of two vertical ornamental grotesque designs, each featuring a central candelabra-like shaft with stacked urns and shallow bowls, flanked by symmetrical acanthus scrolls, winged griffins, and birds rendered in fine crosshatched lines on white ground.
Engraving of two vertical grotesque ornamental panels featuring stacked urns, candelabra, birds, winged griffins, serpents, acanthus foliage, and masks, rendered in fine crosshatched lines.
Engraving of two vertical decorative friezes with trophies and grotesque ornament, featuring stacked military and hunting objects—helmets, shields, bells, scrolls, armor, and birds—suspended from ribbons and scrolling foliage against hatched backgrounds.
Engraving with two vertical decorative friezes featuring stacked heraldic trophies: helmets, shields, swords, scrolls, and animal heads arranged in dense, interlocking compositions with fine crosshatched linework.
Engraving of two vertical decorative cartouche designs with dense Baroque ornament, including acanthus scrolls, putti, heraldic shields, grotesque figures, serpents, and an ornamental vase; Latin inscription on a ribbon cartouche at lower left.
Artist or Maker
Agostino Mitelli
Title
Freggi dell'architettura
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1645
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
closed: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 1/2 in. (44.45 × 29.85 × 1.27 cm) Sheet (each): 17 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (43.82 × 29.21 cm) Image (each): 13 × 6 1/2 in. (33.02 × 16.51 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Curatorial Discretionary Fund
Accession Number
M.72.5.1a-x
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings