Dec 28, 2014
(358) RMA RP-P-1967-955
A cartouche with a text of Terentius, encircled by six (sea) shells. Two land snails are visible in the left and right upper corner. After a design by Jacob Floris [the Elder] (1524–1581), a Flemish painter and draughtsman. Printed and issued in Antwerp in 1556. This copy is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam [2].
The snails are stylised, with four tentacles but lacking their tails.…
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