Plate 6: a cartouche supported by a duck below and decorated with two nymphs whose arms become tree branches, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'
Artist: Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette le fils
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence|French, Paris 1634–1716 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|French
Date: ca. 1647
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.9 x 9.8 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Ducks|Cartouches|Nymphs