Elegant Calligraphy Designs

A series of ornate calligraphic examples featuring intricate swirls and framed text in French and Dutch, exuding historical elegance.

Calligraphic drawing with the salutation: A mon tres cher beaufrere Philippe de Grave. Below nine lines of text in French: Par le sang du fils ... The text is framed with scrollwork. The drawing is part of an album, Design of a writing sample: A mon tres cher beaufrere (...) Spieghel der schrijfkonste (series title), Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), Philips de Grave, (mentioned on object), Rotterdam, 1605, paper, pen, h 203 mm × w 295 mm
Calligraphic drawing with the salutation: A mon tres cher beaufrere Philippe de Grave. Below nine lines of text in French: Par le sang du fils ... The text is framed with scrollwork. The drawing is part of an album, Design of a writing sample: A mon tres cher beaufrere (...) Spieghel der schrijfkonste (series title), Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), Philips de Grave, (mentioned on object), Rotterdam, 1605, paper, pen, h 203 mm × w 295 mm