The scrollwork extends in the lower left to a male, in the lower right to a female hermit. Both blow clouds from a horn that is an offshoot of their noses. Copy of sheet XV (RP-P-1977-146) of series entitled Exercitatio alphabetica nova et Shaded Background. One of 6 sheets from a series of 8?, Cartouche with scrollwork extending at bottom into hermen Cartouches in a frame of scrollwork and hardware with grotesques, garlands and mascarons , print maker: Nicolaes de Bruyn, Hans Vredeman de Vries, publisher: Assuerus van Londerseel, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, (possibly

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