Design for Knife Handles with 'Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus' and a Couple Shaking Hands
Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish
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Panel with two knife handle designs, both with scenes with two figures under arches at top. The design at left bears the inscription SINE CERERE ET BACCHO FRIGET VENVS, (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze) around a scene depicting a female and male figure walking left. Below, an oval with a female figure surrounded by children. The design at right shows a male and female holding hands over a basin, while a putti pours water over their joined hands from above. Both designs have a blackwork background with grotesques. From a series of twelve plates.
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