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Cartouche and mask with snakes as hair
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Cartouche and mask with snakes as hair

Harmen Jansz Muller · 1564 · plakken; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Cartouche in a frame of scrollwork. In the middle, a mask with snakes as hair. Two snake heads attack two warriors with shields. Above the cartouche, an eagle on a vase. On the left and right of that, a flying dragon and two monkeys. At the bottom, two kneeling warriors with a shield. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printalbumbladornamentprentsnakespredatory birds: eaglemonkeys, apesornament ~ cartouche
Credit lineCartouche en mascaron met slangen als haren. 1564. Harmen Jansz Muller. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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