Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle with the Suicide of Cleopatra, Theodor de Bry, 1592–93

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Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle with the Suicide of Cleopatra, 1592–93, Engraving and blackwork, Sheet (trimmed): 2 15/16 × 1 1/8 in. ( × cm), Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt), Handle design divided horizontally into two sections, each with a female figure in an oval at center. In the oval at top, Cleopatra holds a snake in her left hand, while the oval below shows a female figure leaning on a broken column and holding the top section of the column

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Size: 2634px × 6172px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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