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Jan van de Velde

331 works

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Painting of elegant figures in a park having a music and dining party before a classical palace with trees.

A company in the park

1620

Oval painting of a winter landscape with bare trees, a frozen canal, a windmill, cottages and two small figures.

Winter Landscape

1620

Oval painting of a winter landscape with bare trees, a frozen canal, figures, a windmill and cottages under a pale sky.

Winterlandschap

1620

Etching of a ruined church and tower with two shepherds talking in a field beneath a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a church in ruins and two shepherds in conversation

1616

Pen and ink drawing of ruins, an arched bridge, overgrown trees and two small figures under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Ruins (recto); Head of a Woman and Animals (verso)

about 1615-1616

Portrait of a Lady

1639

Engraving of a fisherman in a boat beside a ruined wooden hut and gnarled trees, with a wooded landscape behind.

Angler near a dilapidated hut in a landscape

1604

Pen drawing of decorative calligraphy with a large ornamental initial, flourished borders, French text and an alphabet sample

Design for a writing sample: Julius Caesar (...)

1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy writing exemplar with a large flourished initial, italic text, and an alphabet line.

Design for a writing sample: Garde toy (...)

1605

Engraved oval portrait of a moustached man in a pleated ruff collar and dark cloak, with inscriptions around the frame.

Portrait of Albert Harmensz Dingsteden at the age of 25

1636

Engraved writing exemplar with flourished calligraphy, a decorative initial letter, and a block of Dutch handwritten text.

Writing example

1578

Etched wide landscape with trees, a canal, farmhouses, a distant town and small figures walking on a path at right.

Weite Landschaft mit Haarlem am Horizont, Blatt 5 aus einer Folge mit Landschaften im Querformat

Pen drawing of a flat landscape with a haystack, a shepherd with sheep, and two resting farmers under a cloudy sky.

Flachlandschaft mit Heuschober, Schafhirt und rastenden Bauern

Ink calligraphy model with looping flourishes, a large decorative initial, and lines of Dutch handwritten text on pale paper.

Design for a writing sample: Marcus Curius (...)

1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing sample with dense Dutch text and elaborate looping flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: Highly learned Wise (...)

1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing exemplar with Dutch text surrounded by large looping flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: The Mayors (...)

1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing exemplar with ornate looping flourishes framing handwritten Dutch text.

Design for a writing sample: To S. Jaques Olis (...)

1605

Pen drawing of a Dutch calligraphy writing exemplar with ornate looping flourishes and decorative initials.

Design for a writing sample: Honorable wise provident (...)

1605

Engraved calligraphy specimen with flourished letters, scrolls and a dedication text in Dutch, by Jan van de Velde, 1605.

Design for a writing sample: The honorable pious Hans vanden Velde (...)

1605

Design for a writing sample: To Mons. Jean vande Veke (...)

1605

Engraved writing model with flourished calligraphic border framing French dedicatory text and a large decorative signature.

Design for a writing sample: To very expert (...)

1605

Engraved calligraphy specimen with French text beside an alphabet, framed by large swirling pen flourishes.

Design for a writing sample: Nothing avails men (...)

1605

Ink calligraphy specimen with looping flourishes, a dedication to H. Gout, and a tall ornamental penwork column at right.

Design for a writing sample: To mons H. Gout (...)

1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy exemplar with flourished script lines and large looping ornamental swashes on pale paper.

Design for a writing sample: To my singular friend (...)

1605

Ink drawing of a 1605 writing sample with flourished capital letters and cursive text framed by looping scrollwork.

Design for a writing sample: Keepe my wordes (...)

1605

Pen drawing of looping calligraphic flourishes surrounding a block of 17th-century English script text.

Design for a writing sample: Some man keepeth silence (...)

1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphy exemplar with German text framed by elaborate looping flourishes and decorative capitals.

Design for a writing sample: Es ist (...)

1605

Engraving of a Gothic church with tall spire and a procession of cloaked figures in a town square, with Dutch verses below.

View of the Sint-Bavokerk, from the southeast

1628

Etching of the ruined Weerdenburch castle beside a moat, with a small boat and three figures on the bank at right.

View of the ruin of Waardenburg castle

1616

Etching of Rijnsburg abbey ruins and church spire, with figures and a dog on a dirt road beneath a cloudy sky.

View of the church and ruin of the Abbey of Rijnsburg

1616

Pen drawing of calligraphic flourishes and loops framing a block of handwritten script on a pale sheet.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Viel menschen (...)

1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing sample with German text framed by swirling flourishes and spirals on pale paper.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Den achtbarem unnd volgelartem (...)

1605

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