# The Architect

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BUTI, Lodovico](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/buti-lodovico-r97868c310d57ef>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Fresco with tempera and gold

## Commentary

Adorned by grotesques borrowed or inspired from those of ancient Rome, Buti&#39;s frescoes in the Uffizi rooms once dedicated to arms and armour illustrate various aspects of military arts. Here, architects wield compasses to design bastions. Two gentlemen examine a model of such a defensive structure.

## Related artworks

- [Forge with grotesques](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/buti-lodovico-r97868c310d57ef/forge-with-grotesques-rc24fe1a7a47770>)
- [Optical Illusion with Portraits of Charles II and His Daughter Christine of Lorraine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/buti-lodovico-r97868c310d57ef/optical-illusion-with-portraits-of-charles-ii-and-his-daughter-christine-of-lorraine-r6bd805727d0c9f>)
- [Preparation of Gunpowder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/buti-lodovico-r97868c310d57ef/preparation-of-gunpowder-r9b2f5517e4dbde>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)