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Capricci for a Painted Ceiling
Carlo Antonio Buffagnottica. 1690
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
A high domed interior space permeated by billowing clouds with two twisted garland-entwined columns, an imposing balustrade, and an arched colonnade below a sweeping infinity where angels fly.
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- Title: Capricci for a Painted Ceiling
- Creator: Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, Italian, ca. 1660–after 1715
- Date Created: ca. 1690
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and bistre, black chalk, on paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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