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François Langlois|Stefano della Bella|François Collignon

Plate 10: a cartouche with the heads of two lions in profile to left and right in the center, two chimera heads to either side below with their mouths around empty escutcheons, 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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