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Square cartouche with a quote from Seneca
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Square cartouche with a quote from Seneca

Frans Huys · 1557 · etching; paper

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

About this work

A child with buttocks protruding through the scrollwork is positioned at the top left and top right. Four mascarons are on the cartouche. Hatched background. From the second edition of a series consisting of a title page and 12 cartouches with quotations from classical authors in a frame of scrollwork with grotesques, mascarons and garlands.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printornamentprentornament ~ cartouche
Credit lineVierkante cartouche met een citaat van Seneca. 1557. Frans Huys. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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