Design for Knife Handles with the Death of Lucretia and Grotesques, Theodor de Bry, 1580–1600

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Design for Knife Handles with the Death of Lucretia and Grotesques, 1580–1600, Engraving and blackwork, Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 9/16 in. ( × cm), Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt), Design for a knife handle with the death of Lucretia on the design at left, contained in an oval surrounded by grotesque blackwork background, with two owls flanking a mask under a canopy below. On the right design, a half-length female figure with a headdress under a canopy, with a candelabrum with decorative dolphins below

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Size: 3767px × 4964px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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