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Engraving

1580-1600 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Theodor de Bry. Cuttingf from one of eleven plates of designs for knife handles. Germany or the Netherlands, 1570-1580.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 9.6cm
  • Cut to 7.3 width: 1.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper section of the knife: 'PER PECCATVM MORS'
  • Lettered in the centre of the knife handle: 'GENES III'
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no.42.
  • Fuhring, P., ‘Ornament Prints in Amsterdam’ (Review of M. de Jong and I. de Groot, Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw) in Print Quarterly, vol. VI, no. 3, September 1989, pp.322-34.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no.44.1.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection
Accession number
E.6-1911

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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