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Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish
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Two knife handle designs, with a standing female figure with a shield contained in an oval on the design at left. At right, a winged putti head under a canopy above a candelabrum with a basket of fruit at bottom. Both designs on a blackwork background.
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Title: Design for Knife Handles, from Mansches de Coutiaus
Artist:
Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach)
Date: 1580–1600
Medium: Engraving and blackwork
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (7 × 6.6 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1968
Object Number: 68.779.2
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