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Design for a knife handle with the death of Lucretia in an oval, surrounded by grotesque blackwork background, with two owls flanking a mask with a female face under a canopy at the bottom.
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Title: Copy of a Design for a Knife Handle with the Death of Lucretia
Artist:
after Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt)
Date: 1580–1600
Medium: Engraving and blackwork
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 7/8 in. (7.4 × 2.3 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1968
Object Number: 68.779.3
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