A Couple Shaking Hands, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler

Theodor de Bry

1580–1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Framed in an oval at center, a man, at left, and woman, at right, shake hands, while a putto pours water over their hands and into a basin decorated with a grotesque mask. The oval is surrounded by symmetrical ornamental design with a pair of birds at the upper left and upper right. At the left and right edge, segmented ovals with the artist's signature. Associated with the series, Grotisch fur alle Kunstler, consisting of four plates.

Artist

Theodor de Bry

Date

1580–1600

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951