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Writing sample: To the honorable pious Hans vanden Velde, Mirror of the Art of Writing, print, album page, ornamental print, Writing sample with the opening: To the honorable pious Hans vanden Velde nail-maker. Below that, in a different font, an initial H and eight lines of text in Dutch: To which a great indifference ... The text is framed by scrollwork., printmaker: Simon Frisius, Haarlem, after design by Jan van de Velde (I), Rotterdam, dedicated to: Hans van de Velde, 1605, paper, engraving, gravure, height 210 mm x width 320 mm, calligraphy, A sheet with dense black ink flourishes and looping ornamental strokes sweeping across a light, slightly textured background, including large circular spirals and overlapping curving lines that form intricate scrollwork dominating the left and center, a vertical column of tight stacked ovals and a small circular face-like arrangement at the right edge, a block of smaller, tightly spaced cursive-style penmanship near the upper center composed of short lines of flowing script, and a broad horizontal band of more elaborate looping decorations across the lower half, all rendered in varying line thicknesses on a pale, aged paper surface.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B29_007
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