Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle with Putto-Head and Lion's-Head Masks
Object type: Print ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Theodor de Bry
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Date: 1592–93
Medium: Engraving and blackwork
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 2 13/16 × 1 1/8 in. (7.2 × 2.9 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession year: 1962
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