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Knife handle with grotesques, at the bottom a crouching satyr playing a panpipe
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Knife handle with grotesques, at the bottom a crouching satyr playing a panpipe

Johann Theodor de Bry · c. 1598 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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At the top an allegory on marriage from chaste love. One of 4 sheets, each with one design for the front of a handle, flanked by two half designs for the back. The texts on the back refer to the representations on the front.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentornament ~ grotesquechastitypanpipessatyr(s) (in general)
Credit lineMessenheft met grotesken, onderaan een gehurkte sater die op een panfluit blaast. c. 1598. Johann Theodor de Bry. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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