Engraved title page with an ornate cartouche, a horned grotesque mask at the top, and Dutch and German title text in the center.

Title page, Il Calotto resuscitato (Amsterdam, 1716)

An engraved title page framed by an ornate cartouche with scrolling foliage, musical instruments, and a grotesque horned mask crowned with small heads at the top. Lines of Dutch and German text, including the title and 'De Waereld is vol Gekken-Nesten', fill the central panel above a printer's imprint line and a small landscape at the base.

Artist: Pieter van Buysen jr. (mentioned on object)
Date: 1716
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2670 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1716.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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