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A fine-line engraving or drawing in the style of the late 15th century, possibly German, depicts two figures on a grassy patch against a plain background.

The central, dominant figure is a young man dressed in the elaborate fashion of the late Middle Ages or early Renaissance. He wears a chaperon a draped hood/hat with a long scarf-like tail, known as a liripipe a long, tail-like strip of fabric on a hood, that wraps around his neck and falls down the front of his torso, ending in multiple layers of scalloped or leaf-shaped decorative edges. His main garment is a knee-length, heavily pleated tunic with voluminous sleeves, cinched at the waist by a narrow belt. He is depicted in a contrapposto-like stance with his left hand on his hip and his right hand raised with the palm out and fingers slightly curled. He wears tight-fitting hose and pointed shoes known as poulaines long-toed medieval shoes.

To the left of the man's legs stands a much smaller figure, approximately one-quarter his height. This figure appears to be a "wild man," a common motif in medieval art, characterized by a body covered in shaggy hair or leaf-like patterns and a full beard. The wild man is blowing into a long, curved horn while standing with his left hand on his hip, mirroring the pose of the larger figure.

The ground is rendered with dense, rhythmic hatching to represent grass. The entire composition is framed by a thin ink border.