Design for a Knife Handle with the Personification of Prudence

Johann Theodor de Bry

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Design for a knife handle with Prudence personified as a full-length female figure holding a snake in her left hand in an oval, above a candelabrum with squirrels and owls in blackwork.

Artist

Johann Theodor de Bry

Date

1580–1600

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1968