Plate 18: a cartouche containing an empty crest, two lionesses, one to left and one in center, an infant to right, from 'Collection of various caprices and new inventions of cards and ornaments' (Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
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|François Langlois
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence|French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|French
Date: 1646
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (13.6 x 19.3 cm)
Mount: 6 3/8 in. × 8 9/16 in. (16.2 × 21.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Lions|Infants