Plate 2: design for a cartouche flanked by two large fish held by a merman and a mermaid, the latter with her back turned to the viewer, first state

Details

• Title

  Plate 2: design for a cartouche flanked by two large fish held by a merman and a mermaid, the latter with her back turned to the viewer, first state

• Artist/maker

  Stefano della Bella (1610 - 1664) (printmaker)

• Associated people

  François Langlois ("il Ciartres") (1588 - 1647) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Europe › France › Paris Department › Paris (place of publication)

• Date

  1647

• Material and technique

  etching on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  trimmed 8.3 x 17 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 1942.

• Museum location

  Western Art Print Room

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1942.54.36.2

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