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Dagger
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Dagger in the romantic style, the handle a cast figure of "Invidia" (Envy) with serpents intertwining her legs and in her hair, piercing herself with a dagger; a sharp steel pointed blade and a decorative sheath with incised grotesques including a dragon and cast bronze mounts of strapwork and masks.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
David & Constance Yates New York NY Sold to Harvard University Art Museums 2003.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Purchase through the generosity of Mariot Fraser Solomon in memory of Arthur K. Solomon
Title: Dagger
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Dagger in the romantic style, the handle a cast figure of "Invidia" (Envy) with serpents intertwining her legs and in her hair, piercing herself with a dagger; a sharp steel pointed blade and a decorative sheath with incised grotesques including a dragon and cast bronze mounts of strapwork and masks.
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