Plate 17: A cartouche with a marble center, an infant on either side holding a garland over the horns of a ram in center, from "Collection of various caprices and new inventions of cards and ornaments" (Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti)
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- Title: Plate 17: A cartouche with a marble center, an infant on either side holding a garland over the horns of a ram in center, from "Collection of various caprices and new inventions of cards and ornaments" (Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti)
- Series/Portfolio: Collection of various caprices and new inventions of cards and ornaments (Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti)
- Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
- Publisher: François Langlois (French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris)
- Date: 1646
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 x 7 5/16 in. (10.2 x 18.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.818
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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