Project for Decorative Escutcheon
Classification
architecture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Accession Number
1901-39-1770
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Flaminio Innocenzizzi’s “Project forative Escutcheon captures the refined elegance of-eighteenth-century Italian. Created between 176 and 1780 the Bologna-born artist, architectural study reflects the period’s fascination with ornamental detail in public and private buildings. As a preparatory project rather than a finished work, it offers visitors a glimpse into how decorative motifs were conceived before being translated into stone, stucco, or metal. Minozzi lived during a time of shifting tastes, when Baroque exuberance gave way to lighter, more classical sensibilities. His escutcheon desi...