Cartouche
probably 1646
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1944.5.170
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the National Gallery of's print collection, where *Cartouche*, an exquisite etching by François Collignon Stefano della Bella (probably 1646), invites you into the ornate world of 17th-century Baroque decoration. Della Bella, a masterful Italian printmaker active in Florence and Paris, was renowned for his vedute, grotesques, and ornamental designs, blending fantasy with precision. Collignon, a French engraver, faithfully this work, capturing Della Bella's dynamic style in a cartouche—a scrolling, elaborately framed motif often used for titles, coats of arms, or architectural embell...