Design for a Knife Handle Showing Prudence
date: label: Date
content: 1600–1675
name: label: Print Maker
content: Willem du Tielt, Flemish, active 1610 – 1653
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Prudence is shown with a snake in an ovoid. A heart is depicted in a medalion above and two clasped hands are shown beneath the ovoid. A candelabra ornament motif sprouts from an urn at the bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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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: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1946-33-1
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 9.2 x 1.3 cm (3 5/8 x 1/2 in.)