Plate 12: a cartouche with an empty escutcheon at top center, a head of a lion in profile to either side, from 'Twelve cartouches' (Recueil de douze cartouches), Stefano della Bella, circa 1640–45

Print ornament & architecture. Date: circa 1640–45. Dimensions: image: 3 1/8 x 2 11/16 in. (8 x 6.8 cm). Medium: etching print. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Plate 12- a cartouche with an empty escutcheon at top center, a head of a lion in profile to either side, from 'Twelve cartouches' (Recueil de douze cartouches) MET DP832443