Design for a Knife Handle with Personifications of Prudence and Temperance

attributed to Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish

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Design for a knife handle with Prudence personified as a full-length female figure looking into a mirror at her left, under an arch. Below, the personification of Temperance is shown pouring water from a jub, also framed by an arch.

Design for a Knife Handle with Personifications of Prudence and Temperance, attributed to Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach), Engraving and blackwork

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