Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1573. Engraved and printed in Rome.This print depicts a strapwork cartouche.
Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1573. Engraved and printed in Rome.This print depicts a strapwork cartouche. Strapwork is a type of decoration which mimics the appearance of curled and intertwined bands of a flat material such as leather or sheet metal. A cartouche is an elaborately decorated frame which can contain words, a picture or, as in this print, be left blank. -- source link
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