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Title page with cartouche featuring scrollwork, surrounded by playing putti amidst flora and fauna
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Title page with cartouche featuring scrollwork, surrounded by playing putti amidst flora and fauna

Jost Amman · 1568 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

Central a cartouche in a decorated frame with scrollwork in which five children play among plants and animals, mascarons and flower pots. At the top a trellis covered with vines and birds. Trial proof without text of a title page in Wenzel Jamnitzer, Perspectiva corporum regularium.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
titelpaginaprintboekillustratietortoises, turtlesmonkeys, apesbirdsarcher's weapons: bow
Credit lineTitelpagina met cartouche met rolwerk, omgeven door spelende putti te midden van flora en fauna. 1568. Jost Amman. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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