Johann Theodor de Bry
German, 1561-1623
Ornamental Design for Knife Handle with Fire, from The Four Elements
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Johann Theodor de Bry
German, 1561-1623about 1590
Ornamental Design for Knife Handle with Fire, from The Four Elements
Johann Theodor de Bry German, 1561-1623 →engravingpaper
Date
about 1590
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 9 × 2.2 cm (3 9/16 × 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, plate 8 from Parnassus Biceps
Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561-1623) after Jean-Jacques Boissard (French, 1533-1598)
The Triumph of Bacchus
Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561-1623) after Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano (Italian, c. 1499-1546)
Christopher Columbus, frontispiece from volume 5 of Theodor de Bry's America
Attributed to Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561-1623) after Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, c. 1485-1547)
