Title: A cartouche flanked by dragons, their tails supporting a crown at top, plate 8 from "Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches"
Object type: Print; Ornament & Architecture
Date: ca. 1647
Portfolio: Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches
Artist:  Stefano della Bella 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 3/16 in. (17.5 x 13.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Cartouches, term: Dragons