Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle with Putto-Head and Lion's-Head Masks

Theodor de Bry

1592–93 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Handle design divided horizontally into two sections. At top, a winged putto head at center under a canopy and flanked by two squirrels facing inwards. Below, a lion's head flanked by grotesque scrolling tendrils that terminate is grotesque bird's heads. Above, a pair of snails.

Artist

Theodor de Bry

Date

1592–93

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962