Identification title(s): cartouches with birds and putti. Cartouches in a frame of scroll and fittings (series title). Object type: print ornament print object number: rp-p-ob-6272. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 121 and 136. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2228 inscription, verso, handwritten: '2a / 2. 12. '81', in a triangle with rounded corners. (conservation note from the rma paper restoration workshop. ) description: two cartouches on a sheet. Above: a cartouche surrounded by moresques. At the top are two birds and two snails. At the bottom hang two pots with fruits and branches. Numbered a at the bottom center. Below: a cartouche surrounded by grotesques. On the left and right the scrollwork forms a basket containing flowers. At the bottom left and right there is a putto blowing on a shawm egg. Numbered q at the bottom center. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, after a design by: hans vredeman de vries, publisher: hieronymus cock. Place of manufacture: antwerp. Dating: 1555 - 1560. Physical characteristics: etching on uncut leaf. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 157 mm (top) × w 211 mm (top) × h 151 mm (bottom) × w 205 mm (bottom). Explanation: prints are part of a series of sixteen. Subject: what: ornament ~ cartouchebirdscupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. Acquisition: unknown 2016. Date: between 1555 and 1560.
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