1580-1600
Netherlands
Object qualities
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Objectbook / magazine / album: Print ornament & architecture
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Author of the objectJohann Theodor de Bry
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumEngraving and blackwork
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SizeSheet: 4 3/16 Г— 2 13/16 in. (10.6 Г— 7.1 cm)
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Geography details
Netherlands -
Country today
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Date1580-1600
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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Design for a knife handle with the Sermont on the Mount in a rectangle at center, on a blackwork background with grotesques. Above, a design for a finial with a two horses with fish tails above a putto mask. Flanking the central design, two blades engraved with Biblical texts below alternate finial designs. From a series of twelve plates.