Design for a Knife Handle with a Scene of Christ Joining a Man and Woman, 1580–1600, Engraving and blackwork, Sheet: 4 × 2 5/8 in. (10.2 × 6.7 cm), Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach), Design for a knife handle with Christ Joining a Man and Woman in a rectangle at center, on a blackwork background with grotesques, including a crouching satyr playing a flute at bottom. Flanking the central design, two blades engraved with passages of Matthew 19 in French
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Design, Knife Handle, Scene, Christ Joining, Man, Woman, 1580–1600, Engraving, blackwork, Sheet, 4, 2 5/8, 10.2, 6.7 cm, Johann Theodor de Bry, Netherlandish, Strasbourg, 1561–1623, Bad Schwalbach, knife handle, rectangle, center, blackwork background, grotesques, crouching satyr playing, flute, bottom, Flanking, central design, two blades, engraved, passages, Matthew 19, French
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