Design for a Knife Handle with the Temptation of Adam and Eve
Panel with two knife handle designs, both with scenes under arches at top. The motif at left shows Adam and Eve tempted by the snake, after a design by Heinrich Aldegrever (Bartsch VIII.363.3). The scene at right shows a man with a rose before the seated figure of Death, shown as a skeleton, and is based on a design by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius (Bartsch III.258.123). Both designs have a blackwork background with grotesques. From a series of twelve plates.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for a Knife Handle with the Temptation of Adam and Eve
- Artist: Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach)
- Date: 1580–1600
- Medium: Engraving and blackwork
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 1 in. (9.6 × 2.5 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
- Object Number: 53.670.59
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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