Design for Knife Handles with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a Memento Mori Scene, 1580–1600, Engraving and blackwork, Sheet: 4 15/16 × 4 in. (12.5 × 10.1 cm), Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach), Panel with two knife handle designs, both with scenes under arches at top. The motif at left shows Adam and Eve tempted by the snake, after a design by Heinrich Aldegrever (Bartsch VIII.3). The scene at right shows a man with a rose before the seated figure of Death, shown as a skeleton, and is based on a design by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius (Bartsch III
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Design, Knife Handles, Temptation, Adam, Eve, Memento Mori Scene, 1580–1600, Engraving, blackwork, Sheet, 4 15/16, 4, 12.5, 10.1 cm, Johann Theodor de Bry, Netherlandish, Strasbourg, 1561–1623, Bad Schwalbach, Panel, two knife handle, designs, scenes under, arches, top, motif, left, Eve tempted, snake, design, Heinrich Aldegrever, Bartsch VIII.3, scene, right, man, rose, seated figure, Death, shown, skeleton, based, Jan Saenredam, Hendrik Goltzius, III
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