Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle with the Suicide of Cleopatra, 1592–93, Engraving and blackwork, Sheet (trimmed): 2 15/16 × 1 1/8 in. (7.5 × 2.8 cm), Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt), Handle design divided horizontally into two sections, each with a female figure in an oval at center. In the oval at top, Cleopatra holds a snake in her left hand, while the oval below shows a female figure leaning on a broken column and holding the top section of the column
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Design, Sword, Dagger Handle, Suicide, Cleopatra, 1592–93, Engraving, blackwork, Sheet, trimmed, 2 15/16, 1 1/8, 7.5, 2.8 cm, Theodor de Bry, Netherlandish, Liège, 1528–1598, Frankfurt, Handle design, divided, horizontally, two sections, female figure, oval, center, top, Cleopatra holds, snake, left hand, leaning, broken column, holding, top section, column
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