Design for Sword or Dagger Handles

Theodor de Bry

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Two dagger handle designs. The one at left shows an armed female figure in an oval at center, above a putti mask with garland and two rabbits. The design at right depicts a female torso with wings at the top of a candelabra. Both designs are on a blackwork background with grotesques.

Artist

Theodor de Bry

Date

1580–1600

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1921