Knife-Handle Design with the Sermon on the Mount

Johann Theodor de Bry, artist

1561–1623

Knife-Handle Design with the Sermon on the Mount, early 1600s

Portfolio/Series title: Twelve Knife-Handles with Scenes of the New Testament

Where object was made: Netherlands

Material/technique: engraving

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 98 x 72 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Museum purchase

Accession number: 1969.0007.03

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Cabinets of Curiosity: Musing About Collections," Jun-2006, Joseph Keehn and Madeline Rislow
Like Wenceslaus Hollar, also exhibited, de Bry was a prolific printmaker whose total output embraces many thematic areas. These engraved designs of knife handles were probably elaborate ideas for silversmiths rather than images of actual knife handles. Examples of knife handles collected by Mrs. Thayer are also exhibited here.