Design for a Knife Handle with Personifications of Charity and Patience

Johann Theodor de Bry

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Design for a knife handle with Charity personified as a full-length female figure holding a child in her right arm and is shown at top, under an arch. Below, the personification of Patience is shown holding an animal in her left arm, also under an arch.

Artist

Johann Theodor de Bry

Date

1580–1600

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1968