Calligraphic Exercise in French

Anonymous

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

Calligraphic exercize in French, presented in an elliptical frame. The text runs for four lines starting with the words ' Celuy qui chemine en innocence (...)'. The text is characterized by a slant to the right and an interruption in each letter at the center of each line. 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