Cartouche Containing an Empty Shield Surmounted by a Lion and Framed by a Lion and a Child

Publisher François Langlois French
1646
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Object Information
  • Title: Cartouche Containing an Empty Shield Surmounted by a Lion and Framed by a Lion and a Child
  • Series/Portfolio: Raccolta di varii cappriccii, no. 18
  • Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
  • Publisher: François Langlois (French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris)
  • Date: 1646
  • Medium: Etching; second state
  • Dimensions: Plate: 5 3/8 × 7 11/16 in. (13.6 × 19.6 cm)
    Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 1/8 in. (25.2 × 33.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Walter H. Smith, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.53.80
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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