Detail with a Horned Mask Wearing a Whimple, from a Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle

Theodor de Bry Netherlandish

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Section trimmed from a larger plate with a design for a sword or dagger handle (the upper portion of Jessen I.114). In a rectangle on top of a plinth, a grotesque blackwork design with a horned female face wearing a whimple that is draped from tendrils on either side.

Detail with a Horned Mask Wearing a Whimple, from a Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle, Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt), Engraving and blackwork

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