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Print, Design for Two Knife Handles
This is a Print. It was designed by Francesco Salviati and print maker: Cherubino Alberti and published by Cherubino Alberti. It is dated 1583 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Cheese Knife
- chromium-plated brass.
- Gift of George R. Kravis II.
- 2015-5-10
- Print, Design for Two Knife Handles
- engraving on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-350-1
Its dimensions are
Platemark: 25.2 x 11.7 cm (9 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Printed upper right, on knife, in plate: CA / VENTER IMPLOR INSAT VRABILIS; Printed lower right, on knife, in plate: SECVRA MENS IVGE CONVIVIVM ; Printed lower right, on plate: cum privilegio sumi Pontificus
Cite this object as
Print, Design for Two Knife Handles; Designed by Francesco Salviati (Italian, 1510 – 1563); Print Maker: Cherubino Alberti (Italian, 1553–1615); Italy; engraving on off-white laid paper; Platemark: 25.2 x 11.7 cm (9 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-350-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
