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François Langlois|Stefano della Bella|François Collignon

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)

ca. 1640–45
Etching; second state of four
8 × 6.8 cm (3.1 × 2.7 in)

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