Design for Knife Handles with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a Memento Mori Scene 1580–1600 Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish Panel with two knife handle designs, both with scenes under arches at top. The motif at left shows Adam and Eve tempted by the snake, after a design by Heinrich Aldegrever (Bartsch ). The scene at right shows a man with a rose before the seated figure of Death, shown as a skeleton, and is based on a design by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius (Bartsch ). Both designs have a blackwork background with grotesques. From a series of twelve plate
Design for Knife Handles with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a Memento Mori Scene 1580–1600 Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish Panel with two knife handle designs, both with scenes under arches at top. The motif at left shows Adam and Eve tempted by the snake, after a design by Heinrich Aldegrever (Bartsch ). The scene at right shows a man with a rose before the seated figure of Death, shown as a skeleton, and is based on a design by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius (Bartsch ). Both designs have a blackwork background with grotesques. From a series of twelve Design for Knife Handles with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a Memento Mori Scene 424984
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