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François Langlois|Stefano della Bella|François Collignon

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)

ca. 1640–45
Etching; second state of four
8.5 × 17.4 cm (3.3 × 6.9 in)

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