Design for Two Knife Handles
date: label: Date
content: 1583
name: label: Designer
content: Francesco Salviati, Italian, 1510 – 1563
label: Print Maker
content: Cherubino Alberti, Italian, 1553–1615
label: Publisher
content: Cherubino Alberti, Italian, 1553–1615
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Designs for two knives, their points facing downward. The carved handles show grotesque figures. At left, a griffin with two female figures holding hands below, and another male figure kneeling; the date 1583 is printed at the base of the blade. At right, a nude male strung up by the wrists with another figure between his legs.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-350-2
objectType: label: Type
content: cutlery
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 25.2 x 11.7 cm (9 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.)