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)

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) by François Langlois|Stefano della Bella|François Collignon

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

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