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Cartouche with grotesques, a child standing in the center below
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Cartouche with grotesques, a child standing in the center below

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum · c. 1555 - c. 1560 · etching; paper

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

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In cartouche: Mocht de cock nou ghoet profyt / doen van. desen / so sou tvolck also blyde als / hy selve vesen. In the middle below a child sticks its head through the scrollwork. Hanging around the cartouche are garlands with fruit clusters. Sheet M from a series of 16 sheets, lettered A-Q. Hatched or stippled background.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentornament ~ grotesqueornament ~ cartouche
Credit lineCartouche met grotesken, middenonder staat een kind. c. 1555 - c. 1560. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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