Design for Two Knife Handles
date: label: Date
content: 1583
name: label: Designer
content: Francesco Salviati, Italian, 1510 – 1563
label: Print Maker
content: Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish, 1570 - 1629
label: Publisher
content: Cherubino Alberti, Italian, 1553–1615
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two knives, their points facing downward. The carved handles show grotesque figures. At left, a woman supported by a putto kisses a human head held by a serpent-woman. At right, an oval medallion with a nude below a nude male with a cornucopia.
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: 1921-6-350-1
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: 25.4 x 11.7 cm (10 x 4 5/8 in.)