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Plate 18: A cartouche containing an empty crest, two lionesses, one to left and one in center, an infant to right, from "Collection of various caprices and new inventions of cards and ornaments" (Raccolta di varii cappriccii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti)
Creator
Stefano della Bellaengraver, printmaker (1610-1664) · 1610–1664
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- 1646
- Medium
- Etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 412386
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