Strange Dagger in 16th Century Dutch Painting

[David]

Originally Posted by fernando

Fascinating Hieronymus.
The conspicuous dent on the blade edge and the detail of the maker's mark ... as if this specific dagger example has really existed.

I suppose...but this is Bosch we are talking about. Take a good look at any of his paintings and it becomes obvious that we can never take for granted that anything in them was painted as an exact representation of the real world.