Plate 1: a cartouche with a lion head with wings at top center, a putto holding a blank escutcheon 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 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (8.5 x 17.4 cm). Medium: etching print. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Plate 1- a cartouche with a lion head with wings at top center, a putto holding a blank escutcheon to either side, from 'Twelve cartouches' (Recueil de douze cartouches) MET DP832437