Architectural Perspective for a Stage Set with a Bridge, Statues and a Fountain in the Background and Human Figures in the Foreground

Quick Overview

Artist: Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti (Italian, Bologna 1660–after 1710 Ferrara)
Date: 1660–1710
Medium: Pen and brown ink over traces of leadpoint
Dimensions: 10 -1/8 x 12 -11/16 in. (25.7 x 32.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession no.: 49.19.64

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Vertical Oval Vignette of a Mountainous Landscape with Two Shepherds in the Foreground.
Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti
late 17th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00022503
Vertical Oval Vignette of A Palace Interior with Two Figures Admiring Decoration; a Craggy Mountain Seen Through a Window in The Far Distance.
Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti
late 17th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00022504
The Siege of a Fortress
Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti
ca. 1680–1715 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023852

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.