Plate 8: a cartouche flanked by dragons, their tails supporting a crown at top, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'
Artist: Stefano della Bella
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1647
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 3/16 in. (17.5 x 13.1 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Cartouches|Dragons