Writing sample: To S. Jacques Olis, Mirror of the Art of Writing, print, album page, ornamental print, merchant in Rotterdam. Below that, in a different font, an ornamented initial I and nine lines of text in Dutch: I have not been able to neglect ... The text is framed by scrollwork., printmaker: Simon Frisius, Haarlem, after design by Jan van de Velde (I), Rotterdam, dedicated to: Jan Olis, 1605, paper, engraving, gravure, height 210 mm x width 320 mm, calligraphy, A sheet filled with dark ink flourishes and cursive strokes on an off-white, slightly textured background, showing dense, looping ornamental lines that sweep across the page and interlace with finer, tightly written calligraphic lines clustered toward the upper center and right. The left side is dominated by broad, overlapping spirals and large curved strokes that extend toward the center, while the lower portion contains additional sweeping loops that weave together. The right edge features a vertical line of elegant, flo...
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Writing sample: To S. Jacques Olis, Mirror of the Art of Writing, print, album page, ornamental print, merchant in Rotterdam. Below that, in a different font, an ornamented initial I and nine lines of text in Dutch: I have not been able to neglect ... The text is framed by scrollwork., printmaker: Simon Frisius, Haarlem, after design by Jan van de Velde (I), Rotterdam, dedicated to: Jan Olis, 1605, paper, engraving, gravure, height 210 mm x width 320 mm, calligraphy, A sheet filled with dark ink flourishes and cursive strokes on an off-white, slightly textured background, showing dense, looping ornamental lines that sweep across the page and interlace with finer, tightly written calligraphic lines clustered toward the upper center and right. The left side is dominated by broad, overlapping spirals and large curved strokes that extend toward the center, while the lower portion contains additional sweeping loops that weave together. The right edge features a vertical line of elegant, flowing script interspersed with decorative swirls, and the surface shows small paper blemishes and faint age marks.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Writing sample S Jacques Olis Mirror Art Writing print album page ornamental print merchant Rotterdam different font ornamented initial I nine lines text Dutch I able neglect framed scrollwork printmaker Simon Frisius Haarlem design Jan van de Velde dedicated Jan Olis 1605 paper engraving gravure height 210 mm x width 320 mm calligraphy sheet filled dark ink flourishes cursive strokes off-white slightly textured background showing dense looping ornamental lines sweep across page interlace finer tightly written calligraphic lines clustered upper center right left side dominated broad overlapping spirals large curved strokes extend center lower portion contains additional sweeping loops weave together right edge features vertical line elegant flowing script interspersed decorative swirls surface small paper blemishes faint age marks

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