Plate 5: a cartouche with a blank escutcheon at top center, a chimera to either side, their bodies ending in scrollwork and dragon tails, from 'Twelve cartouches' (Recueil de douze cartouches)

ca. 1640–45

Etching; second state of four

8.4 × 7.3 cm (3.3 × 2.9 in)

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