Trapezoidal flat decoration with cicero quote, c. 1564 - c. 1565 print Quote from Cicero (o dii boni quid est / in hominis vita diu), flanked by two sphinxes. Their tails run out in the chalice of a flower, from which a dog jumps. In the middle there is a weapon trophy on a cartouche with a mascaron from series of 4 sheets. Netherlands (possibly) paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. sphinx (lion/woman); 'Sfinge' (Ripa). trophy, : decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament

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Size: 4728px × 6666px
Photo credit: © piemags/rmn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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