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Cartouche with a depiction of the Rape of Proserpina
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Cartouche with a depiction of the Rape of Proserpina

Pieter van der Heyden · 1566 · engraving; paper

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

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At both ends of the sheet, half of a herm is visible. Hatched background. Sheet from a series consisting of a title page and 15 of the 16 sheets with cartouches containing biblical and mythological representations in a frame of strapwork and grotesques.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineCartouche met een voorstelling van de roof van Proserpina. 1566. Pieter van der Heyden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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