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Ornamental Design for Knife Handle with Air, from The Four Elements

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1590

Artist:

After Johann Theodor de Bry
German, 1561–1623

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Johann Theodor de Bry

Title

Ornamental Design for Knife Handle with Air, from The Four Elements

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1583–1593

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 9 × 2.2 cm (3 9/16 × 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Reference Number

2014.1124

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