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Two designs for writing samples: the bastards and the Dutch running letter
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Two representations on an album page. These are calligraphic drawings. Above, four lines of text in Dutch in the bastarde. Below, four lines of letters in the Dutch running hand. The drawings form part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTwee ontwerpen van schrijfvoorbeelden: de bastarde en de Nederlandse lopende letter. 1605. Jan van de Velde (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.