Plate 5: a cartouche with a blank escutcheon at top center, a chimera to either side, their bodies ending in scrollwork and dragon tails, 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 5/16 × 2 7/8 in. (8.4 × 7.3 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Shields|Cartouches