Cartouche with cut out central compartment set in strapwork, with a bird and mask at top left and right, from Strapwork Cartouches with Interlaced Band Patterns, plate 15
Object type: Print ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries|Hieronymus Cock
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?)  Antwerp (?)|Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Netherlandish|Netherlandish
Date: ca. 1555–60
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 6 1/16 × 8 1/4 in. (15.4 × 20.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 10 3/8 in. (17.9 × 26.4 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Antwerp     
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
Accession year: 1948