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 'La chevanche du riche est comme une forte cite (...)'. The text is characterized by the wavy lines of each letter. 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