Calligraphic drawing with an initial R and eight lines of text in French: Rien ne sert aux hommes ... At the bottom a lower case alphabet in the corresponding hand. The text is framed by scrollwork. The drawing is part of an album, Design of a writing sample: Rien ne sert aux hommes (...). Spieghel der schrijfkonste (mirror of writing skills) (series title), Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), Rotterdam, 1605, paper, pen, h 188 mm × w 281 mm

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