Two Knives, Francesco Salviati, Italian, 1510 – 1563, Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish, 1570 - 1629, Cherubino Alberti, Italian, 1553–1615, Engraving on off-white laid paper, Both knives with heavily ornamented handles. At left, carving knife with hook-tipped blade has handle decorated with figure of bound Marsyas with his hands above his head as bearded man kneels between his legs and grasps his genitals. At right, broad-blade servivng knife with rounded blunt tip; handle displays Apollo's griffin above two bare-breasted female figures with a bearded man (perhaps Olympus) at their feet., Italy, ca. 1640, metalwork, Print, Print
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Two Knives, Francesco Salviati, Italian, 1510 – 1563, Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish, 1570 - 1629, Cherubino Alberti, Italian, 1553–1615, Engraving, off-white laid paper, knives, heavily ornamented handles, left, carving knife, hook-tipped blade, handle decorated, figure, bound Marsyas, hands, head, bearded man kneels, legs, grasps, genitals, right, broad-blade servivng knife, rounded blunt tip, handle displays Apollo's griffin, two bare-breasted female figures, bearded man, perhaps Olympus, feet, Italy, ca, 1640, metalwork, Print
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