Design for Knife Handles with the Death of Lucretia and Grotesques

Theodor de Bry

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Design for a knife handle with the death of Lucretia on the design at left, contained in an oval surrounded by grotesque blackwork background, with two owls flanking a mask under a canopy below. On the right design, a half-length female figure with a headdress under a canopy, with a candelabrum with decorative dolphins below.

Artist

Theodor de Bry

Date

1580–1600

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921