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Cartouche: Atlas turned into a mountain by Perseus
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Cartouche: Atlas turned into a mountain by Perseus

Abraham de Bruyn · 1584 · engraving; paper

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

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Cartouche with Perseus at Atlas, who is turning into a mountain. The cartouche is set in an ornamental frame with grotesques against a hatched background. A triton and a nereid with cloven forelegs are at the bottom left and bottom right.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentornament ~ grotesquetriton(s)ornament ~ cartouche
Credit lineCartouche: Atlas door Perseus in een berg veranderd. 1584. Abraham de Bruyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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