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Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches

Print
1647 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Title page featuring an inscription within a cartouche draped with festoons and surmounted be a helm supported by two leopards.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleNouvelles inventions de Cartouches (Suite title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper, second state.
Brief description
Stefano della Bella, title plate from a suite of 12 plates entitled 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches.' French, 1647.
Physical description
Title page featuring an inscription within a cartouche draped with festoons and surmounted be a helm supported by two leopards.
Dimensions
  • Cut to plate mark height: 12cm
  • 9.2 width: cut to plate markcm
Marks and inscriptions
Nouvelles inventions de cartouches designes et graves a leau forte par E de la Belle florantin A PARIS Chez Pierre Mariette le fils rue S. Iacques, aux collonnes d'Hercules, avec privilege du Roy.
Bibliographic reference
see for full bibliographic references de Vesme, Alexandre, and Massar, Phyllis Dearborn. Stefano della Bella : catalogue raisonne ́. (Vol. I.) New York, Collectors Editions, 1971, pp.155-156, no. 1015.
Collection
Accession number
16919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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