Design for a Knife Handle with Personifications of Prudence and Temperance

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 looking into a mirror at her left, under an arch. Below, the personification of Temperance is shown pouring water from a jub, also framed by an arch.

Artist

Johann Theodor de Bry

Date

1580–1600

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1968