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Frame with cartouches
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Frame with cartouches

Theodor de Bry · 1593 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

Narrow rectangular cartouche in the center top; in the center bottom a cartouche with rounded sides. In the top left and top right a trumpet-playing angel rises from a volute. In the bottom left and bottom right a satyr with a book reads. Belongs to a series of 18 sheets in which in the center of separate plates twenty-seven emblemata and forty-five coats of arms are printed. The emblemata are partly numbered A-D, 1-7 and 9-21. Three sheets have no number. The coats of arms, which are partly printed double, are unnumbered.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOmlijsting met cartouches. 1593. Theodor de Bry. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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