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Design for a writing specimen: Garde toy (...)
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Design for a writing specimen: Garde toy (...)

Jan van de Velde (I) · 1605 · pen; calligraphy; paper; ink

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Calligraphic drawing with an ornamental initial G and seven lines of text in French: Garde toy ... At the bottom a lowercase alphabet in the same hand. The text is framed by scrollwork. On the right side a herm or boundary pillar in scrollwork. The drawing is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineOntwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Garde toy (...). 1605. Jan van de Velde (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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