Caption
A l'Honneur de messieurs ms les bailif bourgmaistres et bschevins de la ville de Flessingue, Calligraphed dedication with Faam and a ship in scrollwork, 't Magazin oft pac-huys der loffelycker penn-const, print, album page, ornament print, Calligraphed dedication to the city of Vlissingen. In the center Fame with two trumpets and in the lower right a ship in scrollwork., printmaker: Simon Frisius, after design by David Roelands, Flushing, dedicated to: Burgomasters, aldermen and council of the city of Vlissingen, 1616 - 1617, paper, engraving, gravure, height 228 mm x width 345 mm, ships (in general), Fame, 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa), calligraphy, A cream-colored sheet covered in elegant dark ink flourishes and looping calligraphic strokes, featuring a central playful cherub figure formed from continuous spiraling lines with rounded wings and a smiling face, surrounded by ornate circular and oval swirls that extend across the page, larger sweeping loops and delicate thin hairline curves fill the margins, and there are subtle pale brown stains and tiny speckles on the paper surface.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B28_366
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