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Cartouche with fabulous creatures with fish tails
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Lying rectangular cartouche with a medallion with a mask at the top, flanked by two putti with a scroll, under an arch of palm branches. The cartouche is supported by two mythical female figures with fish tails. The cartouche is a fragment of a map of the Turkish Empire. The print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineCartouche met fabelachtige wezens met vissenstaarten. 1579. Abraham Ortelius, anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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