Copy of a Design for a Knife Handle with the Personification of Faith

after Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish
1580–1600
Not on view
Design for a knife handle with Faith personified as a full-length female figure holding a crucifix in her left hand and a book in her right, in an oval, above a candelabrum with squirrels and snails in blackwork.

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Object Information
  • Title: Copy of a Design for a Knife Handle with the Personification of Faith
  • Artist: after Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach)
  • Date: 1580–1600
  • Medium: Engraving and blackwork
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 × 7/8 in. (8.7 × 2.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1968
  • Object Number: 68.779.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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