Pellerins mores revenans de la Mecque, North African, Islamic pilgrims with banners, returning from Mecca, print, album page, book illustration, Print is part of an album., printmaker: Léon Davent, after drawing by Luca Penni (attributed to), after drawing by Nicolas de Nicolay (possibly), publisher: Guillaume Rouille (I), Lyon, 1555 - 1568, Léon Davet, Attributed to, paper, etching, pasted on album page, height 265 mm x width 175 mm, Two men stand side by side, each holding a long pole with a large draped banner attached; the man in front has a beard and wears a robe with a decorative trim and a head covering, while the man behind him has a mustache and a textured cap and a vertically pleated garment; both wear pointed shoes and their hands grasp the poles, with one hand of the front figure extended slightly forward; the banners show flowing folds and edging, and the scene is rendered in fine pen-and-ink lines on a pale background with sparse ground details at the bottom.
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Pellerins mores revenans de la Mecque, North African, Islamic pilgrims with banners, returning from Mecca, print, album page, book illustration, Print is part of an album., printmaker: Léon Davent, after drawing by Luca Penni (attributed to), after drawing by Nicolas de Nicolay (possibly), publisher: Guillaume Rouille (I), Lyon, 1555 - 1568, Léon Davet, Attributed to, paper, etching, pasted on album page, height 265 mm x width 175 mm, Two men stand side by side, each holding a long pole with a large draped banner attached; the man in front has a beard and wears a robe with a decorative trim and a head covering, while the man behind him has a mustache and a textured cap and a vertically pleated garment; both wear pointed shoes and their hands grasp the poles, with one hand of the front figure extended slightly forward; the banners show flowing folds and edging, and the scene is rendered in fine pen-and-ink lines on a pale background with sparse ground details at the bottom.

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Pellerins mores revenans de la Mecque North African Islamic pilgrims banners returning Mecca print album page book illustration Print part album printmaker Léon Davent drawing Luca Penni attributed Nicolas Nicolay publisher Guillaume Rouille I Lyon 1555 - 1568 Léon Davet Attributed paper etching pasted height 265 mm x width 175 mm Two men stand side holding long pole large draped banner attached man front beard wears robe decorative trim head covering mustache textured cap vertically pleated garment wear pointed shoes hands grasp poles hand front figure extended slightly forward flowing folds edging scene rendered fine pen- -ink lines pale background sparse ground details bottom

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