Calligraphic drawing with the salutation: A Mons. Jean van de Veke. Marchand tres renomme à Rotterda(m). Below that in another letter an initial M and eight lines of text in French: Monsieur, sachant que de tous temps ... The text is framed by scrollwork, with a head in scrollwork next to the salutation, Amor in the lower left and a ship in the center right. The drawing is part of an album, Design of a writing sample: A Mons. Jean vande Veke (...) Spieghel der schrijfkonste (series title), Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), Johan van der

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