Design for a Knife Handle with a Memento Mori
Object type: Print ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Johann Theodor de Bry
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: 1580–1600
Medium: Engraving and blackwork
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 11/16 × 15/16 in. (9.4 × 2.4 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession year: 1953
Tags: Skeletons|Men|Women