Plate 5: a cartouche with a blank escutcheon at top center, a chimera to either side, their bodies ending in scrollwork and dragon tails, from "Twelve cartouches" (Recueil de douze cartouches)

After Stefano della Bella Italian
Publisher François Langlois French
ca. 1640–45
Not on view

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  • Title: Plate 5: a cartouche with a blank escutcheon at top center, a chimera to either side, their bodies ending in scrollwork and dragon tails, from "Twelve cartouches" (Recueil de douze cartouches)
  • Series/Portfolio: Twelve cartouches (Recueil de douze cartouches)
  • Artist: François Collignon (French, Nancy ca. 1610–1687 Rome)
  • Artist: After Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
  • Publisher: François Langlois (French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1640–45
  • Medium: Etching; second state of four
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 3 5/16 × 2 7/8 in. (8.4 × 7.3 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.392.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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