The Angel Sounding the Sixth Trumpet, 1546/1556

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series Title

Plate 9 from the Apocalypse

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.1 × 21 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 30.6 × 22.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Eisler 1979, no. 47, State only

Accession Number

1946.21.283

Artists / Makers

Jean Duvet (artist) French, 1485 - c. 1570

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

"IOHA / NNES / DV / VET / FAC" recto, on plate, on double-tablet at upper center. "HIST / CAP 9 / APOC" recto, on plate, on plaque at upper center. "PO 95, A.O.H. 35 - 9" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"National Gallery of Art" verso, lower left center, stamped black ink. "LJR" verso, lower left center, stamped black ink.

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius
Schab Gallery, Inc., William H.

Exhibition History

1985: Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

Bibliography

1979: Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York: Abaris Books,1979.