Two knives with ornate handles, incorporating human figures and ornament in the grotesque style. Engraving by C. Alberti, after F. Salviati, 1575/1600?.

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[Rome] : [publisher not identified], [1575/1600?]

1 print : engraving ; platemark 11.5 x 25.2 cm

Mors et vita in manu linguae ; qui ; CA ; cum privilegio summi Pontificis Blade of each knife includes engraver's initials CA

An accompanying engraving (Bartsch no. 171) includes lettering "Franc. Salviati in."

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre-graveur, Vienna 1803, vol. XVII, Alberti no. 172, pp. 111-112

Wellcome Collection 568027i

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