Design for a Dagger Sheath, with Executioner and Head of John the Baptist
Object type: Print ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever
Artist bio: German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1529
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 1 7/16 in. (16.9 × 3.6 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession year: 1956
Tags: Military Equipment|Leaves|Saint John the Baptist