Frans Hogenberg - Plan van Antwerpen, 1585
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Kaart van de stad Antwerpen in vogelvluchtperspectief. In de bovenhoeken de wapens van de stad en de provincie, op de voorgrond twee ruiters. De belangrijkste gebouwen gemarkeerd met cijfers die in de legenda verklaard worden. Met onderschrift van 4 regels in het Latijn in een cartouche. Genummerd: 80.
A cartouche or cartouch is an oval design with a slightly convex surface, typically edged with ornamental scrollwork. It is used to hold a painted or low relief design. In Early Modern design, since the early 16th century, the cartouche is a scrolling frame device, derived originally from Italian cartoccia. Such cartouches are characteristically stretched, pierced and scrolling (illustration, left). Another cartouche figures prominently in the title page of Giorgio Vasari's Lives, framing a minor vignette with a device of pierced and scrolling papery cartoccia.
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