Inscription

RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in brown ink: Ippolito Scarsellino . [Scarsellino underlined in graphite] ; lower center, in blue pencil: . 1551 ; lower center, in blue pencil: 1621 . ; lower right, in graphite: - voir au versò - ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, across top, in brown ink: Ippolito Scarsellino [underlined] da Ferrara [Ferrara underlined], figlio di Sigismondo Scarsella [Sigismondo Scarsella underlined] , excellete Disegnatore [illegible]. / morì L'anno 1620 ____ Orlandi [Orlandi underlined]; who, speaking of his Father, in this Article, & of the / fine works he left behind him in his own country of Ferrara [Ferrara underlined] ; says ___ L'opera più / bella che Lasciasse alla sua città fù il figlio Ippolito. [entire Italian phrase underlined]. A good Cavalier Expresion for / a monk! ; upper left, in graphite: 20ºº ; upper center, in blue pencil: # 46 ; upper right, in blue pencil: 20ºº ; upper left, in graphite(?): [illegible] ---- 10 [erased] ; upper left, in graphite: 74 [circled] ; center left, in graphite: 10 [sideways, erased] ; lower left, in graphite: OK-P . / 2 of Ma[r?] '61