Plate 8: a cartouche flanked by dragons, their tails supporting a crown at top, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches', Stefano della Bella, circa 1647

Print ornament & architecture. Date: circa 1647. Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 3/16 in. (17.5 x 13.1 cm). Medium: etching print. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Plate 8- a cartouche flanked by dragons, their tails supporting a crown at top, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches' MET DP833499