cartellino
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thumb|An example of a cartellino, a detail from Holbein's portrait of Georg Giese (below) thumb|Hans Holbein the Younger, [[Portrait of Georg Giese, 1532]]
A cartellino (Italian for "small piece of paper") is an illusionistic portrayal of a written note included in painting, mostly with a legend that records the name of the artist, the date, the subject, or some other relevant information about the work. About 500 Renaissance paintings include a cartellino, but the device has been adopted by some later artists.
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