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 Г— 2 5/8 in. (10.2 Г— 6.7 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 Christ Joining a Man and Woman in a rectangle at center, on a blackwork background with grotesques, including a crouching satyr playing a flute at bottom. Flanking the central design, two blades engraved with passages of Matthew 19 in French.