Design for Knife Handles with Terra and Aqua

attributed to Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish

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Design for two knife handles with Terra personified as a female figure at left, holding a cornucopia at her left. At right, the personification of Aqua, pouring water from a jug at her left. Both figures are shown framed in arches, with blackwork candelabrum below.

Design for Knife Handles with Terra and Aqua, attributed to Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach), Engraving and blackwork

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