1580-1600
Netherlands
Object qualities
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Objectbook / magazine / album: Print ornament & architecture
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Author of the objectTheodor de Bry
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumEngraving and blackwork
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SizeSheet: 2 15/16 Г— 7/8 in. (7.4 Г— 2.3 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 death of Lucretia in an oval, surrounded by grotesque blackwork background, with two owls flanking a mask with a female face under a canopy at the bottom.
