Calligraphic Exercise in Spanish

Anonymous

early 17th century · Pen and black and brown ink. · Drawings and Prints

Calligraphic exercize in Spanish, presented in a double rectangular frame broken up in the left margin by the initial 'E'. The text runs for six lines starting with the words 'Esas (?) buen Amigo es Como la Sangre (...)'. Each word starts with a majuscule and the text is flanked by three calligraphic swirls on each side. Part of an album with 26 examples of calligraphy and micrography, thought to have been produced in France or possibly Antwerp at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

Artist

Anonymous

Date

early 17th century

Medium

Pen and black and brown ink.

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014