Design for Knife Handles with Personifications of Peace and Faith
Johann Theodor de Bry
1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints
Design for a knife handles with Peace personified as a full-length female figure holding a bird in her right hand in the left design and Faith personified with a crucifix in her left hand and a book in her right. Each figure is shown in an oval, above a candelabra in blackwork design.
- Artist
- Johann Theodor de Bry
- Date
- 1580–1600
- Medium
- Engraving and blackwork
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Lucien Goldschmidt, 1977