Design for a Sword or Dagger Handle with the Suicide of Cleopatra
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 15/16 × 1 1/8 in. (7.5 × 2.8 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession year: 1962
Tags: Cleopatra|Women|Butterflies|Snakes