Design for Knife Handles with Terra and Aqua

Johann Theodor de Bry

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Design for two knife handles with Terra personified as a female figure at left, holding a cornucopia at her left. At right, the personification of Aqua, pouring water from a jug at her left. Both figures are shown framed in arches, with blackwork candelabrum below.

Artist

Johann Theodor de Bry

Date

1580–1600

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Lucien Goldschmidt, 1977