Plate 10: a cartouche with the heads of two lions in profile to left and right in the center, two chimera heads to either side below with their mouths around empty escutcheons, from 'Twelve cartouches' (Recueil de douze cartouches)
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'Twelve cartouches' (Recueil de douze cartouches)
Artist: François Langlois|Stefano della Bella|François Collignon
Artist bio: French, baptized Chartres, 1588–1647 Paris|Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence|French, Nancy ca. 1610–1687 Rome
Artist role: Publisher|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: French|Italian|French
Date: ca. 1640–45
Medium: Etching; second state of four
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in. (8 × 6.8 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Lions|Cartouches