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)
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
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.392.5
Tags
ShieldsCartouches