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Cartouche with a Female Herm on Each Side
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Cartouche with a Female Herm on Each Side

Nicolaes de Bruyn · 1581 - 1635 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Both herms carry a small basket full of fruit and vines on their heads. Copy of sheet XIII (RP-P-1977-1450) from the series Exercitatio alphabetica nova et utilissima.... Stippled background. One of 6 sheets from a series of 8?

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Credit lineCartouche met aan weerszijden een vrouwelijke herme. 1581 - 1635. Nicolaes de Bruyn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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