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Dutch Copperplate Script – Handwritten Poem with Flourished Capitals
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Dutch Copperplate Script – Handwritten Poem with Flourished Capitals

A handwritten Dutch verse in flowing copperplate script, with big swash capitals and looping flourishes on nearly every line. The heading dedicates the poem to a portrait of the painter Gerrit Zeegelaar and is signed by Jan Bourse, and the eight lines below end in a long underline stroke. Varied pen pressure gives the calligraphy a lively, uneven rhythm that reads like real handwriting rather than a font. It comes cut out on a transparent background, so the lettering layers cleanly over paper textures in an ephemera collage.

Catalogue entry Fig No. 005253

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4713px x 3176px
Style
Still cataloguing
Year
Still cataloguing
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