Design for a Knife Handle with a Scene from the Book of Tobit
Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish
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Design for a knife handle with a scenes from the Book of Tobit in an oval at center, showing two kneeling figures before a canopied bed in an interior on a blackwork background with grotesques, including two winged mermaids at bottom. Flanking the central design, biblical texts on blades with alternate finials above. From a series of twelve plates.
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